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“The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then made a book report on it for four straight years.”

Quote by Pete Rose

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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. more

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“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.”

Thinking Knows World Wells Bigs Games Winning Differences My Own Team Series World Series

Author:Pete Rose

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

Hands Winning Gambling Hand In Hand

Author:Pete Rose

“Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.”

Thinking Sports Enjoy Objects Balls Rounds Hardest Things To Do Squares Hitting Bats Hardest Thing Hardest Thing To Do

Author:Pete Rose

“When people ask me, "Who was the toughest pitcher you ever faced?", I have to say that there has never been a pitcher who over-impressed me. That's not meant to be a bragging statement. It's just that I get up for good pitchers.”

People Asks Statements Get Up Ask Me Meant To Be Impressed Pitcher Bragging

Book:Pete Rose: my life in baseball

Source: Pete Rose: my life in baseball

“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.”

Knows Play Baseball Chill Anthem National Anthem

Author:Pete Rose

“The kind of love my mum talks about is full of worry and work and forgiving people and putting up with things and stuff like that. It's not a lot of fun, that's for sure. If that really is love, the kind my mum talks about, then nobody can ever know if they love somebody, can they? It seems like what she's saying is, if you're pretty sure you love somebody, the way I was sure in those few weeks, then you can't love them, because that isn't what love is. Trying to understand what she means by love would do your head in.”

People Ifs Knows Way Love Trying Kind Mean Seems Fun Stuff Love Is Worry Week Forgiving Mum Kinds Of Love You Re Pretty Forgiving People

Author:Nick Hornby

“By the early seventies I had become an Englishman - that is to say, I hated England just as much as half my compatriots seemed to do.”

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Author:Nick Hornby

“As I get older, the tyranny that football exerts over my life, and therefore over the lives of the people around me, is less reasonable and less attractive.”

People Football Tyranny Attractive Reasonable

Book:Fever Pitch

Source: Fever Pitch

“Indeed, there is a moment on the first CD - the electrifying opening to "I Got Loaded," which sounds like an R&B standard but isn't - when you might find yourself asking whether anyone who has ever been smitten by pop music can fail to have his heart stopped by the chords, the swing, and, once again, Steve Berlin's wonderfully greasy sax.”

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Book:Songbook

Source: Songbook

“Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic flaw is dubious, a form of emotional correctness.”

Feels Kind Self Form Lines Emotion Emotional Critical Pity Artistic Orthodox Flaws Self Pity Correctness Dubious Ignoble

Book:Songbook

Source: Songbook