Pete Rose Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.”

“In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.”

“No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.”

“Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.”

“You don't dominate any sport when you're over 40.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.”