Betting Scandal Quotes

You can't interview Pete Rose and not ask about betting on the Reds and being banned from baseball.

I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.

Pete Rose is baseball.

Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.

I don't even know what it means to fix a matchI, wouldn't know where to start.

Boxing has a problem - a big one. Think of it as a monster that's hiding under the bed. Eventually, the monster is going to come out and take a big chunk out of the sport. Fighters, trainers, managers, promoters, even government regulators can legally bet on fights. They can also bet on fights they're involved with.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

No one wants to be the next Pete Rose.

Hansie Cronje. Honestly. I got out to Hansie more than anyone.I never knew what to do with him