Quote

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.

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
Reason
Absurd
Find
Clubs
Never
Main
Losing
Pay
Winning
Guy
Sudden
Attention
Club

More quotes by Joe Torre

Image
Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.
Joe Torre
Image
I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
Joe Torre
Image
Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
Joe Torre
Image
It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
Joe Torre
Image
You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.
Joe Torre
Image
The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
Joe Torre
Image
Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
Joe Torre
Image
I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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
Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
Joe Torre
Image
You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
Joe Torre
Image
Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
Joe Torre
Image
When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.
Joe Torre
Image
That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
Joe Torre
Image
Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
Joe Torre
Image
A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
Joe Torre
Image
He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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
Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.
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