Quotes from Joe Torre

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

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.

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

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.

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.

I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

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?

We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

With negotiations, you never know what's going to happen.

It's nice to have writers write nice things about you and guys on radio and TV say nice things about you, but the guy who's in the locker next to you is the one you play the game for.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

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.

I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

TV is not accurate.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid he's stupid.