Pete Rose Quotes

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Pete Rose

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : April 14, 1941

I came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else.

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Hillary Clinton wrote a book. She got paid. I don't understand why I can't.

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I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily.

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A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball.

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Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?

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Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.

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I had an addiction to play baseball.

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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 like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress.

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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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I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

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See the ball; hit the ball.

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Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

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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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Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

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Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too.

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I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.

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Never bet on baseball.

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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.

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