Quote

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

Joe Torre

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Autonomous
Contribution
Baseball
Game
Small
Everybody
Games
Part

More quotes by Joe Torre

Image
One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.
Joe Torre
Image
I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
Joe Torre
Image
I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
Joe Torre
Image
Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
Joe Torre
Image
I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
Joe Torre
Image
I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
Joe Torre
Image
He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
Joe Torre
Image
Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
Joe Torre
Image
Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
Joe Torre
Image
I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
Joe Torre
Image
I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
Joe Torre
Image
A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
Joe Torre
Image
I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Joe Torre
Image
You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
Joe Torre
Image
In baseball, you're always moving people around.
Joe Torre
Image
My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.
Joe Torre
Image
There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
Joe Torre
Image
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.
Joe Torre
Image
My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
Joe Torre
Image
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.'
Joe Torre