Joe Torre quotes
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“Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is,”
-- Joe TorreSource : "Emotional Frank Thomas speech a Hall of Fame highlight" by Daniel Brown, www.mercurynews.com. July 27, 2014.
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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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“Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.”
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“Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared”
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“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.”
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“...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.”
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“Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.”
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“A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.”
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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 do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.”
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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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“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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“You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.”
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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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“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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“It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.”
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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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“Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.”
-- Joe TorreSource : "Column: Is it really the 'World Baseball Classic' if US fans don't pay attention?" by Jim Litke, www.foxnews.com. February 21, 2013.
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“I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.”
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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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“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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“It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.”
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“In baseball, you're always moving people around.”
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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.”
-- Joe Torre
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