I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.' Votes: 4
Pete Rose is baseball. Votes: 3
Dennis Conner is Pete Rose in deck shoes. Votes: 3
Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met. Votes: 3
Pete Rose has three thousand hits and three thousand fourteen overall. Votes: 3
If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement. Votes: 3
Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together. Votes: 3
We called Pete Rose and Larry Bowa the soup spoons, because they were always stirring things up. Twenty years later, nothing's changed. Votes: 3
Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me. Votes: 3
I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all. Votes: 3
Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it. Votes: 3
I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo. Votes: 3
WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame. Votes: 3
I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard. Votes: 3
The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement. Votes: 3
You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him? Votes: 3
The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then made a book report on it for four straight years. Votes: 3
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. Votes: 3
If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress. Votes: 0
Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper. Votes: 0
Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him. Votes: 0
Wenn die Rose selbst sich schmückt, / schmückt sie auch den Garten. Votes: 3 Rückert, Friedrich
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. Votes: 5 Gertrude Stein