Top 137 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Torre - Page 3

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.

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.

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

When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

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

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

It's all about makeup.

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

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.'

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.

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.

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

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

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

One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.