Pete Rose Quotes

It's not a bad ball if I can hit it.

Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us.

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.

I might be in a little decline. I don't know. How many guys that have played 150 games are still on the upswing? I've played a lot of games, a lot of snaps.

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

I don't know how many years I can still play. I have to listen to my body and see how it feels.

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

I wanted to be a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish.

I don't think you ever feel 100 percent throughout a season. If you ask any player, I don't think they ever feel 100 percent fresh every week.

Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.

Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and push through without making it worse.

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.