Pete Rose Quotes

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.

I used to have a gambling problem.

You know, there's a 12 step program for gambling. You should look into that. Twelve steps. Coyote laughed. I'll bet I can do it in six.

You know you have a gambling problem when it's 4 A.M. at the Mirage Sports Book and you're walking around going, 'Hey you get the lacrosse scores?'

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

I am an addictive personality.

I've always had an addictive nature.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

Gambling is the only addiction that the government promotes.

My commitment to living clean is now unwavering.

I'm such an addictive personality that I can say yes or no.

If you want to gamble, so be it, but when it gets to the stage where gambling is the only thing you are thinking of and it is affecting your life, that's when you need to put a hold on it.

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker, you may have a certain goal for the day. But the truth is, as soon as you win, more often than not the first thing that comes to mind is: If I'd bet more, I would have won more.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

I used to gamble when I was young. I'm wiser now.

It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.

Without gambling, I would not exist.