Joe Torre Quotes - Page 4

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

  Joe Torre

  Father, Role Models, Roles

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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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• 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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• 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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• Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

  Joe Torre

  Umpires, Sometimes, Triggers

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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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• Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

  Joe Torre

  Pitcher, Tweak, Adjustment

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

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Kentucky, Thoroughbreds

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

  Joe Torre

  Knuckleballs

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• Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

  Joe Torre

  Sports, Baseball, Team

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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.

  Joe Torre

  People, Balls, Littles

  "Larry King LIve", nypost.com. February 1, 2009.

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• Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Negative, Statistics

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

  Joe Torre

  Growing Up, Kids, Brooklyn

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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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