Joe Torre Quotes
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I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.
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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.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I'm not very complicated.
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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 don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.
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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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'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.
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I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
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You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'
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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
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As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates.
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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 was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.
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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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I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
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By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
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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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Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.
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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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I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.