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, wheres the game going, he was pretty good. – Pete Rose
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. – Pete Rose
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. – Pete Rose
There is an old saying that money cant buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. – Pete Rose
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. – Olive Schreiner