Top 100 Joe Torre Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “In baseball, you’re always moving people around.”

— Joe Torre

52. “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.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

54. “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.”

— Joe Torre

55. “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

56. “I’ve been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.”

— Joe Torre

57. “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.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

59. “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

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

— Joe Torre

61. “You’re always in the storm’s eye, so to speak, when you’re with the Yankees.”

— Joe Torre

62. “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.”

— Joe Torre

63. “I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

66. “It’s not easy to just say you don’t want to do something any more.”

— Joe Torre

67. “Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.”

— Joe Torre

68. “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.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

70. “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.’”

— Joe Torre

71. “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.”

— Joe Torre

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. “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

74. “Pitchers make adjustments, and it’s up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.”

— Joe Torre

75. “That’s what I’d like to think that my reputation is – being honest.”

— Joe Torre

76. “People are proud of their players.”

— Joe Torre

77. “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

78. “St. Louis has always been special to me.”

— Joe Torre

79. “I just don’t like to dwell on stuff.”

— Joe Torre

80. “I know in the heat of battle, it’s hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

83. “Spring Training is a fun time for me.”

— Joe Torre

84. “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

85. “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

86. “Baseball, while you’re doing it, you think it’s going to last forever.”

— Joe Torre

87. “I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.”

— Joe Torre

88. “Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.”

— Joe Torre

89. “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.”

— Joe Torre

90. “I never concerned myself with other people’s decisions.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

92. “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.”

— Joe Torre

93. “I won’t be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.”

— Joe Torre

94. “Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.”

— Joe Torre

95. “After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it’s really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.”

— Joe Torre

96. “It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.”

— Joe Torre

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

— Joe Torre

98. “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

99. “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

100. “Chicago is a pretty good town.”

— Joe Torre