Top 137 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Torre - Page 2

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

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

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.

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

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.

I'm not very complicated.

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

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

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

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

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

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

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

Chicago is a pretty good town.

The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.

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

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

To wind up in Cooperstown is surreal for me. To go into the Hall of Fame is one thing. When you think of all the other Yankees that are in here, it's pretty special. This is just a shrine. To visit it, much less be inducted, it's still sort of unbelievable to me.

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

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.

There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.

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.

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

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.

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

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

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

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

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

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

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

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.

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

I just don't like to dwell on stuff.

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

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.

...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.

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

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

I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

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.

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

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

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.

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

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.

Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

I have one goal with all my decision: to do whatever is needed to win today's game. I'm loyal to my players, and I stick with people because consistency builds confidence. But if I feel I have to make a change in order to win, I'll do it. I don't ask players to like my decisions, only to accept that I'm doing my job with one thing in mind - winning.