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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
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Brooklyn
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Joseph Paul Torre
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You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.
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Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'
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People are proud of their players.
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There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.
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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
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When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better
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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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