Pete Rose quotes

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. (Pete Rose)
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. View quote
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See the ball; hit the ball. View quote
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The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game. View quote
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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired. View quote
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Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. View quote
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Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal. View quote
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Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. View quote
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I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank. View quote
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When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand. View quote
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The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant. (Pete Rose)
I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits. View quote
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I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. View quote
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The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. View quote
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There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. View quote
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Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball. View quote
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With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions. View quote
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Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper. View quote
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I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement. View quote
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When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than Cobb. View quote
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I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball. (Pete Rose)
No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good. View quote
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If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third. View quote
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My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. View quote
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Never bet on baseball. View quote
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