Pete Rose firmly believes that he'll one day be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Rose is baseball's all-time hits leader.

"Yes ... sure," Rose, 73, said. "I don't know if I'm going to live to see it.

"Someone, at some period of time, will feel it in their heart to give me a second chance. I might be six feet under, but that's what you have to live with."

Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in August 1989 following an investigation by Major League Baseball that concluded he bet on the Cincinnati Reds to win while managing the team.