Pete Rose Quotes
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Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?
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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.
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Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on first base, they will not run the replay at the ballpark? I've seen umpires go underneath and call up and say if you run one more of those replays, we're gonna forfeit the game. That's how strong their union is.
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I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him.
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In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.
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You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.
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I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.
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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
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When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.
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Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board.
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Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
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A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.
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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.
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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.
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They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
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There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.
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I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.
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I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.
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Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively.
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Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.'
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Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?
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I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.
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Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.
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I always liked the defensive part of baseball.