Mark Calitri Revisits His Clermont Sun Interview with Pete Rose: Leadership, Hustle, and Lessons That Still Matter

  Years ago, I sat down with the Clermont Sun for a conversation about leadership, hustle, and what it really takes to win. Reading it now, it’s clear how many of those ideas still shape my work today — and how they influenced the message behind the book Dr. Larry Bobbert and I co-authored, The Winning Leadership Playbook™ — The Pete Rose Way.

 

This interview captured the early roots of the leadership mindset I’ve spent years studying and applying. If you want to see where it all started, you can read the original published interview here.

 

Read the full Clermont Sun interview: An interview with the ‘Hit King,’ part IV | The Clermont Sun

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