Joe Torre Great Quotations

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

Giambi got us off on the right foot and Matsui gave us a great margin,

He has a great deal of talent and makes a lot of money. I think there's a lot of jealousy out there.

He comes with a lot of confidence and yet a lot of awareness on what needs to be done. He's going to emerge as one of the leaders to go along with the others we have in the lineup, because he's taken to being in New York with great ease.

(Jeter) is not going to let (Harper) get into his head. He's going to find a way to get it down. It was a great at-bat.

Two teams that have meant a great deal in my life are the New York Yankees and Sloan-Kettering.

At some point soon, I'll sit down with Bernie and we'll go over everything. I have a great relationship with him, and always have. I've probably talked to him more than any other player here in my tenure. If the first game of the season were today, I'd say he'd be the starting DH. But I also want to give him a lot of time in the corners (left and right field), with the emphasis more on him playing right than left, spelling Sheffield.

You're excited to play Opening Day, and you know that we're capable of doing all the things we saw tonight. It was great just to see it happen.

It just kept coming back to the same thing: He has a great variety of speeds.

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.

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.

It took me three times to get a 'hello' out of him the other day. But he certainly has a great deal of poise for a young pitcher.

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.

The kid, ... had a really great at-bat.