Top 137 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Torre
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
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 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.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.
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.'
Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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.
There's only one New York.
We all have different ways to do things.
I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
It's something you hope doesn't happen. 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.
In baseball, you're always moving people around.
Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.
St. Louis has always been special to me.
People are proud of their players.
I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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.
The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.
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.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
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.
It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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.
That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.
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.
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.
My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
TV is not accurate.
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.
It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's a very tough man, very tough agent.
I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
There is no worse emotion than fear.
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.
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.
Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
You have to fix something when it first appears.
Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates.
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.
That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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.
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