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I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

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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
Sports
Carlton
Talked
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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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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.
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If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it come clean.
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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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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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You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.
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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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