American - Athlete | April 14, 1941 -
I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.
Pete Rose
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I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.
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If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.
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It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
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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.
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Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.
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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.
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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.
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In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.
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No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.
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We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'
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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.
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