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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Mike
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Cancer
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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
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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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Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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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I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.
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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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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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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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