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Joe Torre quotes: A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
Joe Torre quotes: Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do. Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
Joe Torre quotes: I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner. I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
Joe Torre quotes: We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human. We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human.
Joe Torre quotes: I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days. I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
Joe Torre quotes: There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant. There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
Joe Torre quotes: It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser. It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
Joe Torre quotes: My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that. My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.
Joe Torre quotes: I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with. I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
Joe Torre quotes: When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.
Joe Torre quotes: In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been. In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
Joe Torre quotes: I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere. I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
Joe Torre quotes: I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both. I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
Joe Torre quotes: That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was. That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.
Joe Torre quotes: I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength. I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
Joe Torre quotes: There's only one New York. There's only one New York.
Joe Torre quotes: Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself. Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
Joe Torre quotes: Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes. Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
Joe Torre quotes: My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive. My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
Joe Torre quotes: Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
Joe Torre quotes: After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called. After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
Joe Torre quotes: The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League. The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
Joe Torre quotes: I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make. I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.
Joe Torre quotes: Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore. Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
Joe Torre quotes: Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared
Joe Torre quotes: It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs. It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
Joe Torre quotes: I'm not very complicated. I'm not very complicated.
Joe Torre quotes: Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money. Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
Joe Torre quotes: I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell. I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
Joe Torre quotes: Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success. Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.
Joe Torre quotes: By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief. By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
Joe Torre quotes: Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees. Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: In baseball, you're always moving people around. In baseball, you're always moving people around.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: In my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability. In my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.
Joe Torre quotes: Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever. Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living. I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.
Joe Torre quotes: I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else. I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
Joe Torre quotes: I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone. I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
Joe Torre quotes: I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning. I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
Joe Torre quotes: I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers. I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Joe Torre quotes: The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing. The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.
Joe Torre quotes: People are proud of their players. People are proud of their players.
Joe Torre quotes: There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning. There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.
Joe Torre quotes: Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae. Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.
Joe Torre quotes: Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders. Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
Joe Torre quotes: You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it. You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.
Joe Torre quotes: At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe. At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
Joe Torre quotes: It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series. It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.
Joe Torre quotes: 'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family. 'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.
Joe Torre quotes: I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt. I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants. When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
Joe Torre quotes: You have to fix something when it first appears. You have to fix something when it first appears.
Joe Torre quotes: As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because ... you either loved them or you hated them. As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because ... you either loved them or you hated them.
Joe Torre quotes: I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization. I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
Joe Torre quotes: I just don't like to dwell on stuff. I just don't like to dwell on stuff.
Joe Torre quotes: If I intimidate people, that's not my intention. If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
Joe Torre quotes: Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it. Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
Joe Torre quotes: There is no worse emotion than fear. There is no worse emotion than fear.
Joe Torre quotes: It's all about makeup. It's all about makeup.
Joe Torre quotes: The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small. The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
Joe Torre quotes: Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger. Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
Joe Torre quotes: If you do the best you can, you never have to look back. If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.
Joe Torre quotes: You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees. You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
Joe Torre quotes: Spring Training is a fun time for me. Spring Training is a fun time for me.
Joe Torre quotes: I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill. I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
Joe Torre quotes: I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good. I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
Joe Torre quotes: We all have different ways to do things. We all have different ways to do things.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later. Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
Joe Torre quotes: I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
Joe Torre quotes: You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred. You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
Joe Torre quotes: I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series. I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
Joe Torre quotes: That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest. That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
Joe Torre quotes: It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more. It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
Joe Torre quotes: 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. 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.
Joe Torre quotes: Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics. Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.
Joe Torre quotes: Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days. Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.
Joe Torre quotes: It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control. It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.
Joe Torre quotes: When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down. When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.
Joe Torre quotes: You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death. You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.
Joe Torre quotes: Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is, Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is,
Joe Torre quotes: You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable. You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
Joe Torre quotes: I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that. I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.
Joe Torre quotes: St. Louis has always been special to me. St. Louis has always been special to me.
Joe Torre quotes: TV is not accurate. TV is not accurate.
Joe Torre quotes: I never concerned myself with other people's decisions. I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
Joe Torre quotes: I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships. I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
Joe Torre quotes: Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves. Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
Joe Torre quotes: He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything. He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
Joe Torre quotes: Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times. Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
Joe Torre quotes: Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
Joe Torre quotes: Chicago is a pretty good town. Chicago is a pretty good town.
Joe Torre quotes: The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit. The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.
Joe Torre quotes: My father wasn't the best role model to me. My father wasn't the best role model to me.

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