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.

Quote by Pete Rose

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I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

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With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

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The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has...

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Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

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There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would...

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

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I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's...

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When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the...

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Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you...

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With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

See the ball; hit the ball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always...

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always...

I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's...

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Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

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