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 More Quotes by Pete Rose More Quotes From Pete Rose I haven't missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see some of you guys (media) and I get sick again. Pete Rose get-well media dog If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime. Pete Rose block giving-up baseball Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. Pete Rose brooks league sports I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me. Pete Rose benches rose watches Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs. Pete Rose modern-life home running No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good. Pete Rose player baseball games If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse. Pete Rose horse bigs watches I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk. Pete Rose shut-up should-have sports I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing. Pete Rose damn-things damn baseball With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions. Pete Rose motivational-sports baseball two Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure. Pete Rose done games fun 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. Pete Rose steroid halls knows I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. Pete Rose motivational-sports baseball sports Concentration is that ability to not think about anything. Pete Rose concentration ability thinking If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you. Pete Rose baseball want way Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us. Pete Rose fans helping What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball. Pete Rose guy baseball games You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually. Pete Rose fans baseball stupid If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean. Pete Rose clean screw-ups lying 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 chance fame thinking
