Pete Rose Quotes
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I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.
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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.
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I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.
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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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There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.
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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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You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.
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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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I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.
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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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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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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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When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.
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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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Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
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They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
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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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I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.
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I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.