Pete Rose hopes he can provide a few lessons in patience to the rest of his sport's tarnished superstars who failed to be elected to the Hall of Fame, according to an ESPN.com report on Thursday.

"It doesn't matter how long it takes," Rose said over lunch in Sherman Oaks. "I'm in no hurry, unless you know something I don't know. You just have to try to be a productive citizen and live your life, and hopefully someday somebody calls you and says, 'Hey, we want to give you a second chance.' I won't need a third, and believe me, nobody is going to find me betting on baseball. What's that old cliche? I don't bet on baseball because I know too much about it."