Joe Torre Quotes
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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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Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
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Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.
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Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.
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I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
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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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When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
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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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The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
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First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
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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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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
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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.