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
fun winning games
Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.
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Never bet on baseball.
baseball white worry
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.
sports two legs
I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.
daughter mother two
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.
sports baseball doctors
Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.
league brooks higher
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
baseball night bed
I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.
laid ok
A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.
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Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too.
somebody
No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.
create dugout
Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.
began christmas gain gaining helped kept railway reached time training until weighed weight work
Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.
advantages best hitter switch
There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.