Joe Torre Quotes - Page 4

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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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• When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

  Joe Torre

  Jobs, Yankees, Done

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• I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

  Joe Torre

  Fortunate

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

  Joe Torre

  People, Intimidating, Intention

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Needs, Boomers

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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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• When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

  Joe Torre

  Dad, School, Home

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• Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

  Joe Torre

  Umpires, Sometimes, Triggers

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• As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

  Joe Torre

  Player, Yankees, League

  "Joe Torre Hired to Take Over Los Angeles Dodgers". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. November 01, 2007.

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• Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Negative, Statistics

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• I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes - and I saw Derek Jeter. They don't have to tell people they're good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, People, Competition

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• I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  Joe Torre

  Successful, Unique, Los Angeles

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• Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Yankees, Changed

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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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• 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.

  Joe Torre

  Thinking, Yankees, Organization

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• I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Two, New York Yankees

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• I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Yankees, Two

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