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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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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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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
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Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.
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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do 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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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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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My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
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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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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
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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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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.
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I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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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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