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
team winning thinking
I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.
daughter husband son
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.
sports should-have shut-up
I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.
running home cadillacs
Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.
steroid halls linked
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.
vegas months
I came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else.
baseball games individual
Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.
thinking chance fame
I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.
lying screw-ups clean
If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.
basketball baseball football
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.
baseball play chill
It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.
sports baseball motivational-sports
Never bet on baseball.
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.
book years rose
The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then made a book report on it for four straight years.