12 Quotes & Sayings By Pete Rose

Pete Rose is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1963 to 1986. Rose played in the National League from 1963 to 1981 and in the American League from 1982 to 1984. He was a career .297 hitter with 2,256 hits, 521 home runs, 1,890 runs batted in (RBIs), and a career stolen base percentage of 84.1. In 1987, Rose became the most successful manager in baseball history with a record of 1,271 wins and 886 losses (.506 winning percentage) Read more

In 1988, he won the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award as the most outstanding player in baseball.

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When his enthusiasm goes he's through as a player. Pete Rose
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It's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit it square. Pete Rose
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Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing you can't ever stop. Pete Rose
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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. Pete Rose
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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. Pete Rose
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Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds. Pete Rose
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If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third. Pete Rose
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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. Pete Rose
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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.' Pete Rose
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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. Pete Rose
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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. Pete Rose