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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
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Brooklyn
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Joseph Paul Torre
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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.
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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.
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I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
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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.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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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.
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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.
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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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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.
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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.
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