Joe Torre Good Quotations

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.

He knows how to pitch. It's good to have him and the Big Unit to carry us, especially when we have a couple of young guys following.

He carried that with him the first half of the year. If for some reason his routine gets disrupted, (he's) sort of off-center. But he left spring with a good look in his eye.

He's cool. He's having a good time. He just really told people a lot more with this last start than we learned since he came over from Colorado. Obviously, we needed every bit of it. Now we can reunite with Moose again because we haven't seen him in about five days.

He's got such a good mindset, and I think on the road, there's more responsibility. Once you give it up on the road, you can't come back and score. It seems like you have to be a little more airtight on the road than at home, though it's the same priority. At home, you have a little bit of a safety net.

He's getting a lot more comfortable throwing the ball. His range is what it is. He has quick, good hands, but I think the throwing part was something he didn't appear to have a lot of confidence. Now, he doesn't hesitate. He picks up a ground ball and throws to second.

I said that I have no problem, ... I know him. He's a good guy. Obviously, he's very good at what he does.

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

I think, ... I feel pretty good about where we are.

I thought we had real good quality at-bats tonight and we never stopped going after them. That was important for me.

We have to make sure he's pitching regularly. How far he goes isn't as important as how often he goes. However long it takes, in between, he'll be working toward keeping his condition where it is right now, because he's in good shape.

We haven't accomplished anything yet, ... other than playing tough games every night, which I'm not sure is going to be good for my health.

You don't know what you're going to get with the start and stop stuff, but he had a good look about him. It was important to get him a big lead where he didn't have to drain himself from pitching in a close game.

We're in good shape. We're playing well, and after last night's ugly one, we came back and did some good things.

When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.

We know he has ability, but he's inexperienced. So I thought losing Colon was a bad break for them and a good one for us. Mike trusted him right down to the seventh inning, and unfortunately, we couldn't cash in on some of the opportunities we had.

We've been playing very aggressive baseball, very determined baseball. This game was as good as any game we've played this year in terms of winning this type of ballgame.

You get the guys up (to bat) enough, they're so good it's tough to get past them,

We feel pretty good about ourselves, ... I think the pressure is all about getting to postseason.

We feel pretty good about ourselves. I think the pressure is all about getting to postseason.

We did a lot of good things tonight. It was just a complete, clean ballgame for us, ... You're curious when you haven't faced a team that has a record like they do, to see how you match up to them. It makes you feel a little better about yourself.

The thing I feel good about is, if something bad happens, they just keep moving past it.

They've gone into a little downturn. But they're too good a team to stay down.

Probably three or four days, that would be my guess. The good news is that he didn't tear it.

This club has been pretty good at not carrying any baggage with us. Personality-wise, when we go out to the field, we don't think anybody is going to beat us.

I like the way that we've come into both these games. We've been aggressive early, getting scoring position, constantly giving ourselves chances to get runs on the board. So I feel good about our club right now.

Dale has always cared a great deal about other people. Dale's is a voice you can trust and his experience and wisdom comes through clearly as he provides valuable information so that young athletes can make good career decisions.

It's pressure, sure. But it's a good pressure, because George Steinbrenner certainly puts his money where his mouth is. He certainly spends money to put players in the clubhouse.

If you're used to playing every day, it's not something that's serious. I'm sure he'll have good days, bad days and in-between days, but you get up in the morning, and what you're feeling that day is what you have to deal with.

I have to find out how he came out of this. It's good that he's doing all of his conditioning. Hopefully it's a thing of the past.

He's still young, so let's not be too impatient with him. He lost the zone there a little bit and he rushed to the plate. Other than that, his stuff was good tonight.

He's still getting back to where he needs to be. He needs to feel good about his command, because Moose is more about finesse than power.

He took part in more than I thought he would take part in. I wouldn't let him do the cutoffs and relays, and I was surprised he did the running. It was basically up to him and how good he felt -- so evidently, he felt fine.

I don't really know the nature of it. The fact that he hit, that's a good sign for us. Hopefully it's just something that's connected with Spring Training.

They asked me what were my thoughts, and I said I had no problem, ... I know him, he's a good guy, and he obviously is very good at what he does, because of his track record in Atlanta.

It was a good game. We needed to play a good game, and we were able to do it.

It looked like he had a pretty good jump on the ball. It just kept going.

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.

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 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.

It's nice to have the opportunity to win every year but it wears on you to know you have to win the World Series for it to be deemed a good year,

That kid's not easy. He didn't have great command tonight, but that makes him even harder to hit off of. As a hitter, you like to zero in. When he's missing spots than making good pitches, it makes him tougher to hit.

They get men on base, they can run, ... And if you look at the formula, it's the same that Minnesota has used to win ballgames, and the Angels have used. They play good defense. Their outfielders overlap. If you're ever going to get them, it's going to be their pitching, and we haven't had success against their pitching. ... Are they in our heads? How can I say no, when you haven't had success against certain pitchers and you face them?

It's just location, ... His stuff is good and he feels good.

This team has been pretty good about not carrying any baggage with it.

It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

The day I stop expecting good things from him in a situation like that is the day I shouldn't be here.

The day I stop expecting good things to happen when he's up in a situation like that is a day that I shouldn't be here. It's surprising when we don't score with the ability we have, but that happens.