658 Quotes by Joe Torre

This is a very proud moment for him. I'm very pleased with the year he had. He's getting more comfortable here in New York. Alex helped us win so many games, both offensively and defensively, and he continues to improve.

He just didn't have the feel for pitching that he normally has. I think the red flag was up when he starts walking people and getting behind in a lot of counts.

At a charity event, Bernie sat in with James Taylor and played with him. He's an artist. Bernie doesn't have baseball instincts like a lot of other players. Instincts, you're not born with. He's got to digest and calculate. He works extremely hard.

Tonight was very important, after the loss yesterday (6-5 to Toronto), to get the momentum back.

The most enjoyment I had was doing it in the second inning after the first inning. They came back with two runs, and what looked nice at 5-0 was all of a sudden 5-2. I like the fact that we're swinging the bats, because we haven't done that very well against this club.

He knows how to pitch. It's good to have him and the Big Unit to carry us, especially when we have a couple of young guys following.

A catcher and a left-handed pitcher, ... Those are the no-brainers. The rest of it, we'll figure out.

There I made the decision to put Bubba in to cover more ground. Covering more ground cost us the game.

The only thing I wanted him to do was have a plan, ... To me, being in between is worse than being wrong, because when you're in between, you're never right. So that was basically the conversation.