Joe Torre Quotes
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When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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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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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 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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The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
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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'm not very complicated.
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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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There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
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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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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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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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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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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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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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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.