Joe Torre Quotes
-
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
-
I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
-
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.
-
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?
-
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.
-
Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
-
If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
-
I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
-
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.
-
Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.
-
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
-
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.
-
Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
-
Chicago is a pretty good town.
-
With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
-
Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
-
Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
-
Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.
-
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.
-
Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.
-
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.