Joe Torre Quotes - Page 3

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• You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.

  Joe Torre

  Knuckleballs

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• You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Kentucky, Thoroughbreds

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• Million Dollar Arm touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundations core values, such as children, teamwork and family.

  Joe Torre

  Teamwork, Children, Home

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• When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

  Joe Torre

  Brother, Years, League

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Stress, Anxiety, Lines

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• You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Yankees, Storm

  "Torre on book: 'It wasn't my intention to shock anybody'". Interview with Larry King, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, People, Sensitivity

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• If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.

  Joe Torre

  People, Intimidating, Intention

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• I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Hated, Dodgers

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• I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Opportunity, Thinking

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Memories, Special, Special To Me

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• I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

  Joe Torre

  Growing Up, Kids, Brooklyn

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• I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.

  Joe Torre

  Want, Stuff, Share

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• I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

  Joe Torre

  Battle, Heat, Knows

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• Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

  Joe Torre

  Umpires, Sometimes, Triggers

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• The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

  Joe Torre

  Salary, Facts, Reducing

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• You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.

  Joe Torre

  Cancer, Thinking, Scare

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• It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

  Joe Torre

  Feel Good, World, Beats

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Jobs, Believe, Next

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Guy, Attention

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• In baseball, you're always moving people around.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Moving, People

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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

  Crazy, Kids, Tvs

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• People are proud of their players.

  Joe Torre

  Player, People, Proud

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• My father wasn't the best role model to me.

  Joe Torre

  Father, Role Models, Roles

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• It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

  Joe Torre

  Jobs, Want, Sensitive

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