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I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet 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
Baseball
Willing
Sports
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If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.
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If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse.
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Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.
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Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.
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Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
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If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it come clean.
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The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.
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I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.
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I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.
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When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than (Ty) Cobb.
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I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.
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When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
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