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Pete Rose quotes: You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back.

You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back.

Pete Rose quotes: I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.

I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.

Pete Rose quotes: I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.

I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.

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

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

Pete Rose quotes: If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

Pete Rose quotes: If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.

If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.

Pete Rose quotes: If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

Pete Rose quotes: I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

Pete Rose quotes: I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team; I believe in my team. I did everything in my power every night to win that

I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team; I believe in my team. I did everything in my power every night to win that game.

Pete Rose quotes: 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.

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.

Pete Rose quotes: You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.

You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.

Pete Rose quotes: I'm built like my dad. Stocky, strong.

I'm built like my dad. Stocky, strong.

Pete Rose quotes: I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.

I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.

Pete Rose quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Pete Rose quotes: I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

Pete Rose quotes: The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.

The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.

Pete Rose quotes: See the ball; hit the ball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

Pete Rose quotes: I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

Pete Rose quotes: You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually.

You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually.

Pete Rose quotes: Never bet on baseball.

Never bet on baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

Pete Rose quotes: Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

Pete Rose quotes: I had an addiction to play baseball.

I had an addiction to play baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.

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

Pete Rose quotes: I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.

I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.

Pete Rose quotes: Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

Pete Rose quotes: I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

Pete Rose quotes: The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.

The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.

Pete Rose quotes: I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.

When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.

Pete Rose quotes: Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

Pete Rose quotes: I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.

I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.

Pete Rose quotes: I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

Pete Rose quotes: No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.

No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.

Pete Rose quotes: When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'

We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'

Pete Rose quotes: What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.

What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

Pete Rose quotes: A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

Pete Rose quotes: I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

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

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

Pete Rose quotes: There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.

There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.

Pete Rose quotes: Sure I do, and if someone paid you six-thousand dollars a game, you'd have fun as well.

Sure I do, and if someone paid you six-thousand dollars a game, you'd have fun as well.

Pete Rose quotes: I know about winning batting titles.

I know about winning batting titles.

Pete Rose quotes: There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

Pete Rose quotes: He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed ... it's like he has cork in his arms.

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed ... it's like he has cork in his arms.

Pete Rose quotes: I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

Pete Rose quotes: Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

Pete Rose quotes: I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.

I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.

Pete Rose quotes: No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

Pete Rose quotes: 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

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.

Pete Rose quotes: If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.

If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.

Pete Rose quotes: I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

Pete Rose quotes: Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

Pete Rose quotes: I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose quotes: I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

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

Pete Rose quotes: Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

Pete Rose quotes: I bet on baseball in 1987 and 1988.

I bet on baseball in 1987 and 1988.

Pete Rose quotes: Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

Pete Rose quotes: I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: My body is my best asset.

My body is my best asset.

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

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

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

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

Pete Rose quotes: The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

Pete Rose quotes: Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?

Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?

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

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

Pete Rose quotes: Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

Pete Rose quotes: I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.

I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.

Pete Rose quotes: Some of my biggest friends are big-time horse owners.

Some of my biggest friends are big-time horse owners.

Pete Rose quotes: Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

Pete Rose quotes: Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.

Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.

Pete Rose quotes: Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation and it's called October,

Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation
and it's called October,

Pete Rose quotes: My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

Pete Rose quotes: You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Pete Rose quotes: When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

Pete Rose quotes: They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.

They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.

Pete Rose quotes: It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.

It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.

Pete Rose quotes: I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.

I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.

Pete Rose quotes: Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.

Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.

Pete Rose quotes: Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?

Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?

Pete Rose quotes: If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse.

If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse.

Pete Rose quotes: Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.

Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.

Pete Rose quotes: The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

Pete Rose quotes: I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.

I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.

Pete Rose quotes: With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

Pete Rose quotes: There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.