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I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

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Pete Rose
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 14
Baseball Player
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peter Edward Rose
Sr.
Charlie Hustle
Peter Edward Pete Rose Sr.
Pete Edward Rose
Betting
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Suspended
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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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If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
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If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.
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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.
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When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
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If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.
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Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.
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