Joe Torre Quotes on Opportunity (11 Quotes)

It's not fair what he's been doing, so we have to find some things out. We have to see what we have, player-wise. The only way we expect him to help us is to find a place for him to get some at-bats on a regular basis. He's a big-league hitter, he just needs an opportunity to play.

We're not hitting. When you say that, you hate to take anything away from the way they pitched. They were certainly good up and down the line. We didn't get many opportunities.

They came here with an opportunity to do something as a long shot. I don't think they've felt the pressure that other people did who came in here with high expectations. They had a chance to gain their confidence without people really knowing who they were.

Tom Gordon, especially the last three outings, has been terrific. He's come in with no room for error. We like to bring them in before they're on the edge of the cliff, but we haven't had an opportunity to do that lately.

And I had to pry that out of him with a crowbar. I was going to give Gary Sheffield tonight off, but I figured, since we've got the opportunity here, let's give Johnny a couple of days.

I'm very happy. I know he wanted to stay here. Things didn't work out after 2004 and it was just one of those things. It was great that the opportunity presented itself again. Neither one of us had any hesitation about the fact that he wanted to come back.

It's nice to have the opportunity to win every year but it wears on you to know you have to win the World Series for it to be deemed a good year,

We know he has ability, but he's inexperienced. So I thought losing Colon was a bad break for them and a good one for us. Mike trusted him right down to the seventh inning, and unfortunately, we couldn't cash in on some of the opportunities we had.

Donnie certainly could be the bench coach I think he's going to be an outstanding manager when he decides to do that or when the opportunity comes to him. But I'd really hate to lose what he does now. If we have to be faced with that, we'll figure it out.

I think he's going to be an outstanding manager when he decides to do that and the opportunity comes to him,

You're used to bringing these kids in late and they're playing most of the game. For them it's a great opportunity. It's good for us, too. We get a chance to see them. These guys are playing full games. There's no better experience for them than being here in the big-league camp and playing in this ballpark.