Pete Rose

“I bet on my team every night. I didn't bet on my team four nights a week. I bet on my team to win every night because I loved my team, I believed in my team.”

“Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper.”

“I didn't get a base hit every time I went to the plate, but I went to the plate with the intention of getting a base hit every time.”

“I think I'm the best player to ever play the game.”

“I don't think I can get into the Hall of Fame. I don't think I'm going to be reinstated.”

“If you're not trying to win, you're not doing your job.”

“I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.”

“I was born on the side of a hill with a glove on my hand.”

“I will be the first to admit I've made a lot of mistakes, but I've paid my price.”

“If I had it to do over again, I'd probably play with a little more flair.”

“You have to be aggressive in this game. You can't be a cream puff.”

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

“Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.”