Joe Torre

“Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.”

“I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.”

“I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.”

“When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.”

“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?”

“People are proud of their players.”

“We all have different ways to do things.”

“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.”

“I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.”

“When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.”

“I'm not very complicated.”

“One thing you have to realize is that cancer is not something you necessarily cure, but you want to just take care of yourself and extend your life as long as you can.”

“Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.”

“You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.”

“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.”

“You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.”

“'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.”