658 Quotes by Joe Torre

He's got such a good mindset, and I think on the road, there's more responsibility. Once you give it up on the road, you can't come back and score. It seems like you have to be a little more airtight on the road than at home, though it's the same priority. At home, you have a little bit of a safety net.

He's a third baseman playing first, but he's very upbeat about everything. I told him, 'The only thing you should concern yourself with is getting better.' The fact that he can play more spots makes him more valuable. He was very comfortable.

They were going to have to put a chalk outline on the wall because that was the last place he was seen. He kept us in the game.

You'd like to think you can stop the bleeding somewhere along the line. We never picked the right guy coming out of the bullpen.

I just wanted to pretty much clear the air on everything that was part of my unhappiness or anger or whatever you want to call it, frustration. I guess you can put all those things under the same heading, ... I just wanted to pretty much, for my own satisfaction, to find out if he still trusts me with his team.

You'd like to believe they still want you, ... I knew that they had me whether they wanted me or not, because I had a contract. But I didn't feel, going down - 'Aha, I got you.' I still needed to have what I always needed, and that's the support, to tell me that they trust me.

They've gone into a little downturn. But they're too good a team to stay down.

He's going to go in there and wrestle that lion with a penknife.

We're not trying to rush him to get ready for any particular date. But compare this year to last year and it's night and day for him.