658 Quotes by Joe Torre

My guess is, if he was ready he would have been the name they gave me, and it wasn't.

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.'

My guess is he'll pitch. You don't get yourself in shape to do what he's going to do now and then go home.

My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.

Obviously, if you get to a Game 5 it's very important.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

One thing I'll say here. I'm not going to waste my time talking about negative things. We won a ballgame 9-8. I'm not here to start beating on people, especially the people that, if we expect to win, are going to get us there.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

If we had tied it last night, I would have brought him in for the ninth inning, even though that's something I don't like to do. The need to get him in a game is important.