Roberto Clemente quotes
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“I am from the poor people; I represent the poor people. I like workers. I like people that suffer because these people have a different approach to life from the people that have everything and don't know what suffering is.”
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“I was born to play baseball.”
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“In a way, I was born twice. I was born in 1934 and again in 1955 when I came to Pittsburgh. I am thankful to say that I lived two lives.”
-- Roberto ClementeSource : "Roberto Clemente Day at Three Rivers Stadium". pgdigs.tumblr.com. July 25, 1970.
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“I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.”
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“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”
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“Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.”
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“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth,”
-- Roberto ClementeSource : "Standing Cheer for Roberto" by John Wilson, The Sporting News, p. 44, February 20, 1971.
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“When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth.”
-- Roberto ClementeSource : Roberto Clemente's World Series MVP acceptance Speech, 1971.
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“Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series).”
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“But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.”
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“If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.”
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“God wanted me to be a baseball player.”
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“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.”
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“To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.”
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“I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.”
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