Joe Torre Quotes
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At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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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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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 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 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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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
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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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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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I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
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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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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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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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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.