Top 100 Joe Torre Quotes
#1. Actually, when they have celebrity look-alikes, Im always put up there with Joe Torre.
Dan Lauria
#2. Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a dinner!
Red Buttons
#3. Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
Dale Murphy
#4. There are things about Joe Torre, if I wanted to come out and say, would show how cold and calculated he really is ... Joe Torre is for Joe Torre ... The graveyard of Yankees coaches is loaded with bones of coaches Joe Torre did nothing about.
Michael Kay
#5. Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.
Gary Sheffield
#6. I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
Danny Meyer
#7. Derek Jeter used to come to me and try to tell you what Joe Torre is all about, he's a good man, he's this, he's that, but like I tell Derek Jeter, that's you. It's one thing that they treat you a certain way; you don't feel what other people feel.
Gary Sheffield
#8. 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.
Joe Torre
#9. It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.
Joe Torre
#10. Spring Training is a fun time for me.
Joe Torre
#11. I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
Joe Torre
#12. Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
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#13. I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
Joe Torre
#14. 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.
Joe Torre
#15. I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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#16. 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.
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#17. I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
Joe Torre
#18. 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.
Joe Torre
#19. Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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#20. By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
Joe Torre
#21. I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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#22. 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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#23. 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.
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#24. My father wasn't the best role model to me.
Joe Torre
#25. 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.
Joe Torre
#26. There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
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#27. I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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#28. 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.
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#29. It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
Joe Torre
#30. 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.
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#31. St. Louis has always been special to me.
Joe Torre
#32. Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
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#33. I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.
Joe Torre
#34. Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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#35. Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.
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#36. Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
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#37. 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.
Joe Torre
#39. When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
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#40. 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.
Joe Torre
#41. The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.
Joe Torre
#43. Chicago is a pretty good town.
Joe Torre
#44. I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
Joe Torre
#45. 'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.
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#46. I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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#47. 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.
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#48. 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.
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#49. Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
Joe Torre
#50. Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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#51. I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
Joe Torre
#52. I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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#53. It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
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#54. You have to fix something when it first appears.
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#55. Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.
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#56. 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.
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#57. 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.
Joe Torre
#58. 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.
Joe Torre
#59. You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.
Joe Torre
#60. The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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#61. 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.
Joe Torre
#62. Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
Joe Torre
#63. People are proud of their players.
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#64. 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.
Joe Torre
#65. 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.
Joe Torre
#66. We all have different ways to do things.
Joe Torre
#67. At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
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#68. If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.
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#69. 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?'
Joe Torre
#70. I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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#71. 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.
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#72. 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.
Joe Torre
#73. 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.
Joe Torre
#74. I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
Joe Torre
#75. 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.
Joe Torre
#76. It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
Joe Torre
#77. There is no worse emotion than fear.
Joe Torre
#78. 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.
Joe Torre
#79. In baseball, you're always moving people around.
Joe Torre
#80. You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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#81. I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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#82. There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.
Joe Torre
#83. I just don't like to dwell on stuff.
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#84. My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.
Joe Torre
#85. 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.
Joe Torre
#87. 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.
Joe Torre
#88. In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
Joe Torre
#89. He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
Joe Torre
#90. As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because ... you either loved them or you hated them.
Joe Torre
#91. My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
Joe Torre
#92. Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared
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#93. Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
Joe Torre
#94. The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.
Joe Torre
#95. Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is,
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#96. 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.
Joe Torre
#97. 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.
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#98. I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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#99. 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.
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#100. 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.'
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