Quote

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

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
Needs
Much
Boomer
Boomers
Yankees
Tells
Pretty
Need

More quotes by 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
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.
Joe Torre
Image
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
Joe Torre
Image
Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
Joe Torre
Image
It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
Joe Torre
Image
Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
Joe Torre
Image
That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
Joe Torre
Image
I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
Joe Torre
Image
I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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
Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.
Joe Torre
Image
I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
Joe Torre
Image
You have to fix something when it first appears.
Joe Torre
Image
Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
Joe Torre
Image
It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
Joe Torre
Image
We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.
Joe Torre
Image
Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
Joe Torre
Image
You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
Joe Torre
Image
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.
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