There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

Pete Rose

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

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'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.

I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

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

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

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

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

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.

I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.

I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

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

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

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

See the ball; hit the ball.

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.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.