Joe Torre Quotes - Page 3

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• I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.

  Joe Torre

  Wise, Jobs, Stress

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• I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

  Joe Torre

  Years, World, World Series

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• My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.

  Joe Torre

  Wife, Sometimes, My Wife

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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.'

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, League, Stuff

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• I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

  Joe Torre

  Kids, Yankees, Years

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Player, Thinking

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

  Joe Torre

  Feel Good, World, Beats

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• A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

  Joe Torre

  Sacrifice, Yankees, Years

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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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• You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

  Joe Torre

  Cancer, Research, Remarkable

  “Larry King Live”, nypost.com. February 1, 2009.

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• It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

  Joe Torre

  Want, Easy

  "Legendary manager Joe Torre to retire at end of baseball season". edition.cnn.com. September 23, 2010.

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• We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.

  Joe Torre

  Games, Calendars, May

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• It's all about makeup.

  Joe Torre

  Makeup

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• Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

  Joe Torre

  League, Different, Easy

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• He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

  Joe Torre

  Mean, Rehab

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• Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.

  Joe Torre

  Years, Numbers, Attention

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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.

  Joe Torre

  Retirement, New York, Years

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

  Joe Torre

  Knuckleballs

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• When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Brother, Teenager, Team

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• St. Louis has always been special to me.

  Joe Torre

  Special, Special To Me

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

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Moving, People

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• Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.

  Joe Torre

  Different, World, Littles

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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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