Joe Torre Quotes

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

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.

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

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

A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.

Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.

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.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

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.

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

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

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.

I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

We all have different ways to do things.

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

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

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

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

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.

The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.

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

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

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.'

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.

People are proud of their players.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

Chicago is a pretty good town.

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

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

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

In baseball, you're always moving people around.

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.