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" When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say. "
Pete Rose
Me
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Got
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" 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. "
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" Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK? "
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" I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball. "
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" I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team; I believe in my team. I did everything in my power every night to win that game. "
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" Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal. "
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" The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams. "
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" I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball. "
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" My body is my best asset. "
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" 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. "
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" Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno? "
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Man
Better
Better Man
" I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat. "
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Hat
" Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well. "
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Well
Doing
" I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that. "
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Simple
Go
Going
" 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. "
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You
Without
" We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.' "
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Kid
Japan
Made
" I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily. "
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Go
Daily
Watch
" 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. "
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Go
Baseball
Goal
" 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. "
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Sports
White
House
" No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you. "
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Matter
Say
Going
" I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them. "
Pete Rose
Ask
Talking
Records
" When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand. "
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Gone
Know
Play
" I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never. "
Pete Rose
Phone
Never
Game
" Hillary Clinton wrote a book. She got paid. I don't understand why I can't. "
Pete Rose
Book
Paid
Got
" There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have. "
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Best
Doubt
" Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. "
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Lose
Win
" Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired. "
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Still
Am
Uniform
" I always liked the defensive part of baseball. "
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Liked
Part
" See the ball; hit the ball. "
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Hit
See
" I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him. "
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