658 Quotes by Joe Torre

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don’t control anything but what you do.

A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn’t argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that’s certainly intriguing.

I’ve been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

I met Tiger Woods, and I looked in his eyes – and I saw Derek Jeter. They don’t have to tell people they’re good. They just prove it by the way they love the competition.

When we lost, I couldn't sleep at night. When we win, I can't sleep at night. But, when you win, you wake up feeling better.

I'm not very complicated.

Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.

There's only one New York.