Roberto Clemente famous quotes

03-26-2025

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.
-- Roberto Clemente

#People #Suffering #Different
I was born to play baseball.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Play #Born
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 Clemente

#Two #Pittsburgh #Way
I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Thinking #Long
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Giving #Want
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Past #Games
If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you donâ€™t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth,
-- Roberto Clemente

#People #Earth #Behind You
When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Men #Earth #Uniforms
Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series).
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #World
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Thinking #People #Jungle
Baseball has been very good to me.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Very Good
If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Mad #Body #Energy
God wanted me to be a baseball player.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Player #Baseball Player
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Baseball #Player #Born
To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.
-- Roberto Clemente

#People #Outsiders #Foreigners
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.
-- Roberto Clemente

#Running #Team #Home

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