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" It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. "
Pete Rose
Got
Ball
You
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" I always liked the defensive part of baseball. "
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Defensive
Liked
Part
" Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well. "
Pete Rose
Pretty
Well
Doing
" I know about winning batting titles. "
Pete Rose
Batting
Titles
Know
" 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. "
Pete Rose
Game
Me
Nice
" 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. "
Pete Rose
Christmas
Work
Training
" There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids. "
Pete Rose
Head
Than
Your
" Never bet on baseball. "
Pete Rose
Never
Bet
Baseball
" I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat. "
Pete Rose
His
Know
Hat
" I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player. "
Pete Rose
Win
Good
Without
" I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that. "
Pete Rose
Simple
Go
Going
" 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. "
Pete Rose
You
Baseball
See
" I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily. "
Pete Rose
Go
Daily
Watch
" You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually. "
Pete Rose
Baseball
Want
Stupid
" A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball. "
Pete Rose
Understand
You
Without
" I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them. "
Pete Rose
Ask
Talking
Records
" Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. "
Pete Rose
You
Alone
Kick
" Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something. "
Pete Rose
You
Spark
Sometimes
" 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. "
Pete Rose
Go
Baseball
Goal
" Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game. "
Pete Rose
Never
Personal
Should
" I'm built like my dad. Stocky, strong. "
Pete Rose
Dad
Strong
Like
" There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have. "
Pete Rose
Because
Best
Doubt
" Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. "
Pete Rose
Higher
Belongs
League
" Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno? "
Pete Rose
Man
Better
Better Man
" Hillary Clinton wrote a book. She got paid. I don't understand why I can't. "
Pete Rose
Book
Paid
Got
" I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame. "
Pete Rose
Fame
Chances
Connected
" You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40. "
Pete Rose
You
Sport
Over
" If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third. "
Pete Rose
Second Chance
Enough
Chance
" I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball. "
Pete Rose
Baseball
Bet
Suspended
" I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress. "
Pete Rose
Sports
White
House
" I had an addiction to play baseball. "
Pete Rose
Had
Play
Addiction