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
guy home knocking people second took yelling
When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home.
guy last
I don't know what he did the last two years. All I know is the guy can hit.
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.
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).
change mistakes people understand
I think people understand that I understand I made some mistakes and I can?t change them,
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.
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.
gotten took
If I took steroids, I would have gotten 5,000 hits.
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.
believe bench best catcher far greatest history johnny mike offensive record
Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively.
sports
You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.