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I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.

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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
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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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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 think that the most important thing to me is fans. Without the viewers, without the fans, we have nothing. So I think the fans are awfully important.
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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 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 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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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 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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I've got a 15-year old son and a 10-year old daughter, and if they were going to do one of the following things: be an alcoholic be a drug offender beat their wife or husband or gamble. I hope they would gamble.
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Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.
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You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.
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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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If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
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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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Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.
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With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.
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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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