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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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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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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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As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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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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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.
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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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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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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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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.
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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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