Joe Torre Quotations

He deals with the stress and pressure very well,

He certainly gave us what we needed, ... He's become someone you rely on.

He carried that with him the first half of the year. If for some reason his routine gets disrupted, (he's) sort of off-center. But he left spring with a good look in his eye.

He cares. I'm not saying Barry doesn't care. But (Giambi) tried to keep an upbeat attitude, and it's not easy to do. He's been as open as he could be.

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.

He kept the ball off the fat of the bat really well. He lived up to his scouting report. But it comes down to being able to do what you want to do, and it looked like he was able to do that.

He just didn't have the feel for pitching that he normally has. I think the red flag was up when he starts walking people and getting behind in a lot of counts.

He knows how to pitch. It's good to have him and the Big Unit to carry us, especially when we have a couple of young guys following.

But we understand what they did to us last time.

Bubba, with his younger legs, ... covers more ground.