Joseph Paul Torre is a well-known American professional baseball executive who has been serving as the Commissioner’s special assistant since 2020. He has already served as a player, manager, and television color commentator, and he is currently ranked fifth all-time in MLB history. Torre was also a catcher and infielder with the New York Mets, wearing the number 9 jersey.
He was also a nine-time All-Star, winning the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1971. From 1984 to 1989, he worked as a color commentator for the California Angels and NBC.
This passionate player was born on July 18, 1940, in the lovely city of New York, United States. He was 6 feet 1 inch tall, which was ideal for sports. Visit the 105 quotations by Joe Torre listed below.
- “I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.”― Joe Torre
- “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
- “Unless you have bad times, you can’t appreciate the good times.”― Joe Torre
- “Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.”― Joe Torre
- “Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out overlooking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.”― Joe Torre
- “The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they’re not satisfied with what you’re doing.”― Joe Torre
- “Scott Boras, I’ve known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I’m a lot older than Scott. He’s a very tough man, very tough agent.”― Joe Torre
- “I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.”― Joe Torre
- “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.”― JOE TORRE
- “I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.”― Joe Torre
- “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
- “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
- “When you’re in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron’s bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.”― Joe Torre
- “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
- “As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates.”― Joe Torre
- “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
- “My wife accuses me – and she’s probably right – that I’m sometimes oversensitive.”― Joe Torre
- “Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.”― Joe Torre
- “Pitchers make adjustments, and it’s up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.”― Joe Torre
- “I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.”― Joe Torre
- “Spring Training is a fun time for me.”― Joe Torre
- “By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.”― Joe Torre
- “It’s huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.”― Joe Torre
- “It’s something you hope doesn’t happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you’ll be able to get it done. But that’s not always in your control.”― Joe Torre
- “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
- “You’re always in the storm’s eye, so to speak, when you’re with the Yankees.”― Joe Torre
- “That’s what I’d like to think that my reputation is – being honest.”― Joe Torre
- “I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.”― Joe Torre
- “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.”― Joe Torre
- “I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.”― Joe Torre
- “After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it’s really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.”― Joe Torre
- “It’s my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I’m certainly sensitive to that, and I’m willing to do it.”― Joe Torre
- “There is no worse emotion than fear.”― Joe Torre
- “Baseball, while you’re doing it, you think it’s going to last forever.”― Joe Torre
- “People are proud of their players.”― Joe Torre
- “Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.”― Joe Torre
- “First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it’s called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?”― Joe Torre
- “WE’VE GOT TO DECIDE, HOW MUCH REPLAY DO WE WANT? BECAUSE IF YOU START DOING IT FROM THE FIRST INNING TO THE NINTH INNING, YOU MAY HAVE TO TIME THE GAME WITH A CALENDAR.”― JOE TORRE
- “Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.”― Joe Torre
- “As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because… you either loved them or you hated them.”― Joe Torre
