My Prison Without Bars
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“Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.”
Source: My Prison Without Bars
Source: My Prison Without Bars
“I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.”
Source: Pete Rose: my life in baseball
“Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.”
Source: Pete Rose: my life in baseball
“If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.”
“Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.”
“I came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else.”
“Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.”
“I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.”
“The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.”
“You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.”
Source: Pete Rose's winning baseball
“I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.”
Source: My Prison Without Bars
“Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.”
“It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.”
“Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.”
“With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.”
“Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.”
“I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.”
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.”
Source: Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody
“He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms.”
“You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back.”
“The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.”
“I'd be willing to bet you, if I were 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.”
Source: Pete Rose: my life in baseball
“I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.”