Pete Rose Quotes

I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of.

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

But the citizens of Cincinnati loved their Reds because they won, no matter what their addresses had been the year before. They rooted for the Old-English 'C' on the players' shirts.

I don't really pretend to know what's going on, but I've been immersed in the excitement of watching sports, particularly football. I like baseball, probably more than football.

A baseball franchise belongs to the people of the city.

The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.

In Korea, if a player doesn't play well, you would never criticise him, but in European countries fans criticise their own teams; sometimes they boo them off the pitch.

When you're on the road, fans pay to cheer on their team and boo the other team; that's just part of it. That's what they're supposed to do. I expect it. I think everybody expects that.

I'm all for a great fan environment to cheer us if we're home and boo us if we're the opposing team. But some fans are over the line with the stuff they say, the stuff they do.

One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been allowed to run down fearfully.

I always stand on the visiting team's sidelines because there aren't as many people.

I grew up in pubs so my whole thing is 'the game happened,' people would go into the pub afterwards and discuss 'it should have been a penalty, he should have scored that.'

I am a Cleveland Brown. I am proud and happy about that.

I'm super thankful to the Astros fans and all the fans across the country.

I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.

The Cubs - with their passionate fans, dedicated ownership, tradition, and World Series drought - represented the ultimate new challenge and the one team I could imagine working for after such a fulfilling Red Sox experience.

I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.

The first time I saw Werth in a Nationals uniform, it was like, 'Dude, this is weird'.

Before I was 'the captain' with the label - because essentially, that's all it is - I was a player, and before that, I was a fan of the game, fan of the team.

What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

All the time, I said to my players, 'I don't care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.'

Something amazing happens when you tell people you write about sports for a living. You begin to feel like you're in a scene from 'Dawn of the Dead.' The way people change when talking about 'their team' can be nothing short of zombiefication.

The nature of football can bring out the best in people, but it can also bring out the worst in people.

My grandfather was a big sports fan and so was my mom.