Joe Torre Quotes About Winning

Quotes about: Winning

• When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better

  Joe Torre

  Baseball, Sleep, Feel Better

• ...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

  Joe Torre

  Leadership, Sports, Book

• 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, Fun, Winning

• Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

  Joe Torre

  Heart, Winning, People

• There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.

  Joe Torre

  Team, Winning

• If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Guy, Attention

• 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, Father, Winning

• I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Feelings, Trying

• When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

  Joe Torre

  Brother, Teenager, Team

• I have one goal with all my decision: to do whatever is needed to win today's game. I'm loyal to my players, and I stick with people because consistency builds confidence. But if I feel I have to make a change in order to win, I'll do it. I don't ask players to like my decisions, only to accept that I'm doing my job with one thing in mind - winning.

  Joe Torre

  Jobs, Winning, Player

  Joe Torre, Henry Dreher (1999). “Joe Torre's ground rules for winners: 12 keys to managing team players, tough bosses, setbacks, and success”, Hyperion Books

• You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Kentucky, Thoroughbreds

• I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

  Joe Torre

  Team, Winning, Thinking

• We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

  Joe Torre

  Mistake, Winning, Past

  Joe Torre, Henry Dreher (1999). “Joe Torre's ground rules for winners: 12 keys to managing team players, tough bosses, setbacks, and success”, Hyperion Books

• 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.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Opportunity, Thinking

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