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
list time
How can I be on a list that expires after 15 years if I'm suspended? ... It should be that time stops.
aaron hank mays saw willie
I don't know. I didn't see them. All I know is Hank Aaron didn't take them, Willie Mays didn't take them, Roberto Clemente didn't take them. If I saw them, I'd tell you.
kid
We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'
anyone appealing arms players stay
Baseball and the players association have rules. If you stay within the rules - which say that you can play while you're appealing - I don't see what anyone would be in arms about.
gamblers given
They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.
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.
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.
create dugout
Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.
somebody
No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.
aaron hank hit home mays throw willie
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.
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.
gotten took
If I took steroids, I would have gotten 5,000 hits.
false hope
I think amphetamines, if I'm not mistaken, are something that's going to give you something like false hope.
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.