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I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me.

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Pete Rose
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 14
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Peter Edward Rose
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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 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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The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.
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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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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 should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.
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I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.
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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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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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I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.
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I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.
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I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.
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