658 Quotes by Joe Torre

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.’

I can understand the fact you don’t want the ball slipping out of a pitcher’s hand because someone can get hurt.

I never concerned myself with other people’s decisions.