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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.
Pete Rose
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Pete Rose
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 14
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Cincinnati
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Peter Edward Rose
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Charlie Hustle
Peter Edward Pete Rose Sr.
Pete Edward Rose
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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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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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I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.
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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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I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.
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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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