Joe Torre Quotes

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.

Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.

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

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

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.

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.

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

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.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

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

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

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

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

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

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.

If all of us who love baseball and are doing our jobs, then those who get the game from us will be as proud to be a part of it as we were. And we are. This game is a gift, and I am humbled, very humbled, to accept its greatest honor.

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.

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

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.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

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

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

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

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

We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human.

I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

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

I'm not very complicated.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

There's only one New York.

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

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

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

It's all about makeup.

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

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

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.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

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.

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

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'

Chicago is a pretty good town.

It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.

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

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

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

There is no worse emotion than fear.

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

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

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 you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.

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

First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?

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.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.

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.

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

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.'

Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared

One thing you have to realize is that cancer is not something you necessarily cure, but you want to just take care of yourself and extend your life as long as you can.

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.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

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

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.

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

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

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

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.

When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.

In my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

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

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

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

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

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.