“ 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
“ 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
“ 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… Pete Rose
“ There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. Pete Rose
“ My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. Pete Rose
“ Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. Pete Rose
“ Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing you can't ever stop. Pete Rose
“ No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's… Pete Rose
“ 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 wei… Pete Rose
“ 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
