Pete Rose Quotes

I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

I can't stand it when men are snarky.

I shout at people... I am told that I'm a tyrant, but I still get things done, so that is fine.

Early in my career, I was subjected to harassment in the form of some unwelcome suggestive comments and overtures.

People don't follow me around, and they don't stop me in a way where it's excessive or invasive. It's always respectful. If it's not, I set my boundaries, and I walk away. That's just what you kind of have to do.

I can recall an instance where I was in a meeting at work giving a presentation in front of my board of directors. I was taking questions at the end and someone asks, 'Is that your hair real?' The man then reached out and started stroking my hair. It was completely bizarre to me.

I do not like confrontations in New York City.

Some kids would deliberately knock shoulders with me while passing by. Students from other classes would then put trash all over my seat, and the kids in my class would try to clean it up for me.

When you come in the club, people are trying to get your attention, so they pull your hand. It's like, why are you pulling on me?

I don't like being at food festivals and have someone from some weird cable access show that's all about lifestyle get in my face with a microphone and wants to know which party I'm going to later... That just is pointless kind of stuff to me.

I am bad mannered, naughty, and one of those few people who lands up in controversies, but I guess that's expected of me.

If you're a foolhardy, braggadocio male figure who wants to charge forward in every fight, it has its pros and its cons, that's for sure.

Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in their ability to be tough, dominant - and even violent when required.

I think the only way to get attention is to act like a complete ignorant fool.

I don't know why I keep getting roped in with the so-called 'bad boys' of football. I really don't care, either.

I think it's easy for them to portray me as an aggressive player, but I'm not.

There comes a time in our careers that you get that one guy. That guy that just makes your blood boil. That really pulls the savage out of you.

Nothing sounds worse than having to be surrounded by people you don't like in a sequined dress.

I don't appreciate people invading my privacy.

I remember lying to my producer that I'd heard Sean Penn was coming out of a different exit, just to avoid him - he was punching journalists left, right and centre at that point.

I can't tell you how many guys have approached me when I'm doing cardio. Like, I have my headphones on; I'm in the zone, so don't bother me.

I have had an actor squeeze himself up against me during a shot in a song and whisper in my ear that he was so glad that I was in the film with him. When I threw him off me and refused to speak to him again, he made my experience miserable.

I feel like my dad was really, really peak-level embarrassing, whether he was screaming at me or just cheap and rude.

I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment.

Pretty sure I always say things that upset people, get under people's skin.