Pete Rose
Pete Rose
Peter Edward "Pete" Rose, Sr., also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseballfrom 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 April 1941
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
base obligation runner
Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?
bunt
Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?
honest using
Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.
I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.
muscles ways
There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.
kid light mistake people ran red small speeding understood wish
I don't think Pete ran a red light or had a speeding ticket. That's the kind of kid he is, ... I wish people understood how small the mistake he made is.
guy last
I don't know what he did the last two years. All I know is the guy can hit.
anybody last steroids took unless
Here's my take on steroids: We can say anybody took steroids. We don't know. Unless you took steroids the last two years, I don't care.
baseball paid six weeks
had been an alcoholic or a drug addict, baseball would have suspended me for six weeks and paid for my rehabilitation.
gotten took
If I took steroids, I would have gotten 5,000 hits.
against bet bets five four
Four or five times a week, ... But I never bet against my own team, and I never made any bets from the clubhouse.
born broke lincoln record shot titanic
I broke the record on Sept. 11 and I was born the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank (April 14).
baseball bet daddy learned life looked responsibility taught trouble
Mr. Selig looked at me and said, 'I want to know one thing. Did you bet on baseball?' ... I looked him in the eye. 'Sir, my daddy taught me two things in life -- how to play baseball and how to take responsibility for my actions. I learned the first one pretty well. The other, I've had some trouble with. Yes, sir, I did bet on baseball.'
hitting streak
One thing about a hitting streak is the stamina.