Joe Torre
Joe Torre
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torreis an American professional baseball executive, serving in the capacity of Major League Baseball'schief baseball officer since 2011. A former player, manager and television color commentator, Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, whom...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth18 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared
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
Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.
Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is,
The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.
You only have a couple of hours to enjoy it, and then we have to think about business (Friday night). It's a great feeling, especially falling behind. I think it says a lot about how determined these guys are.
You can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. You hope when you make errors they won't come up and bite you.
You certainly don't want to do anything, physically, that's going to hurt him. In all likelihood, if he's available, it will be for something significant. Not three or four innings, but more than one hitter.
You certainly can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. You're gonna make errors. Tonight we didn't make them at good times.
You certainly can't expect to win when you give them extra outs. Errors are part of the game, so you hope when you make errors that they don't come and bite you. Tonight, we didn't make them at a good time.
You can see a little fire in him, especially when he gets angry with himself. He gets more determined. He does a real good job when he gets in trouble.
The kid has been through a lot, but we were sort of up against it. He's certainly had a tough week.