A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage. Pete Rose More Quotes by Pete Rose More Quotes From Pete Rose You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle. Pete Rose shortcomings hustle overcoming If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder. Pete Rose beats trying motivational Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose. Pete Rose letting-go sports believe You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life. Pete Rose baseball motivational sports Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October. Pete Rose vacation october bigs Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place. Pete Rose step-up steps firsts People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim Raines or hit with power like Mike Schmidt. Who can? I make up for it in other ways, by putting out a little bit more. That's my theory, to go through life hustling. In the big leagues, hustle usually means being in the right place at the right time. It means backing up a base. It means backing up your teammate. It means taking that headfirst slide. It means doing everything you can do to win a baseball game. Pete Rose valentine baseball running Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game. Pete Rose leadership running sports Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop. Pete Rose toughness creating tough You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back. Pete Rose cubs baseball knows 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. Pete Rose zero sports mean Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it. Pete Rose defeat faces ease I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits. Pete Rose legs sports two If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third. Pete Rose second-chance giving needs I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. Pete Rose mlb baseball sports Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand. Pete Rose gambling winning hands If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab. Pete Rose gambling drug baseball See the ball; hit the ball. Pete Rose balls baseball My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. Pete Rose father-son fathers-day dad It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. Pete Rose athlete baseball sports
