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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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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
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Joseph Paul Torre
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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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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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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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 don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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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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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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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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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
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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'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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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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