After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called. Joe Torre More Quotes by Joe Torre More Quotes From Joe Torre I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill. Joe Torre yankees kids years The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing. Joe Torre salary reducing facts It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more. Joe Torre easy want 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 calendars games may It's all about makeup. Joe Torre makeup Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit. Joe Torre different league easy He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything. Joe Torre rehab mean 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 numbers attention years You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it. Joe Torre knuckleballs The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small. Joe Torre contribution baseball games 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 sensitive want jobs One winter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want anything other than the house we live in. We don't want anything from you. Just leave.' And he left. Joe Torre brother winning father My father wasn't the best role model to me. Joe Torre role-models roles father St. Louis has always been special to me. Joe Torre special-to-me special In baseball, you're always moving people around. Joe Torre baseball people moving Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders. Joe Torre different littles world Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.' Joe Torre couple winning fun 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 balls littles people Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger. Joe Torre triggers umpires sometimes Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes. Joe Torre proud kind player
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