658 Quotes by Joe Torre

Luis got a little too aggressive in sending Matsui, especially on the turf where you get the ball quickly. We dodged a bullet.

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

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Lou isn't someone who is going to sit around and wait for time to march on. He's a very animated, passionate guy about what he does, and he takes a lot of pride in what he does. I give him a lot of credit after the bad first half that they had, to have the second half that they've had. That's all credited to his keeping their attention.

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.

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

You have to fix something when it first appears.

Mike is very responsible, I think you all know that, so I'm not really concerned about the fact that he'll be ready to pitch.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.