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Pete Rose, born on April 14, 1941, is an American professional baseball player renowned for his exceptional hitting skills and all-around playing style. He won the American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 1973. Rose's career was marked by controversy, particularly due to allegations of gambling, which led to his suspension.

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“Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.”

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Book:My Prison Without Bars

Source: My Prison Without Bars

“I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.”

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

Should Games Individual 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.”

Hard Wanted Games Sports Deals Hell Missing Bob Competitors Hood Missing You Batting

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

Ifs Reality Games Four Old Saying Money Can't Buy Happiness

Book:Pete Rose: my life in baseball

Source: Pete Rose: my life in baseball

“I haven't missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see some of you guys (media) and I get sick again.”

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“People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim Raines or hit with power like Mike Schmidt. Who can? I make up for it in other ways, by putting out a little bit more. That's my theory, to go through life hustling. In the big leagues, hustle usually means being in the right place at the right time. It means backing up a base. It means backing up your teammate. It means taking that headfirst slide. It means doing everything you can do to win a baseball game.”

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

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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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“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 the game going, he was pretty good.”

Helping Used Games Player Baseball Commissioners

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

Ifs Wells Games Fun Thousand Six Paid Dollars Having Fun

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

Two Running Games Winning Sports Team Thirds

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“When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.”

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

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“Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.”

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Author:Pete Rose

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Born: April 14, 1941
Known for: Baseball player
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