Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Profoundly inspirational Roberto Clemente quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
Famous Roberto Clemente Quotes
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. Roberto Clemente
I was born to play baseball. Roberto Clemente
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball. Roberto Clemente
I couldn’t ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball. Roberto Clemente
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
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. Roberto Clemente
When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth. Roberto Clemente
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. Roberto Clemente
To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners. Roberto Clemente
I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to play many hours every day. Roberto Clemente
I gonna rest. If the pain is still there, I won’t come back to spring training. Roberto Clemente
I would like to get 3,000 hits. Roberto Clemente
I felt kind of bashful when the fans went crazy. I’m a very quiet, shy person, although you writers might not believe because I shout sometimes. Roberto Clemente
Baseball has been very good to me. Roberto Clemente
I am from the poor people; I represent the poor people. I like workers. Roberto Clemente
If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body. Roberto Clemente
Many people tell me I wanna play like Weelie. I no play like Mays. From little boy up, I always play like these. Roberto Clemente
My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother. Roberto Clemente
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow’s game. Roberto Clemente
It’s not a bad ball if I can hit it. Roberto Clemente
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace. Roberto Clemente
I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him. Roberto Clemente
A country without idols is nothing. Roberto Clemente
Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers. Roberto Clemente
There’s no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know. Roberto Clemente
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way. Roberto Clemente
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 Clemente
I will hit.450 if you give me Ralph Garr’s legs, Johnny Bench’s age and cut the travel schedule. Roberto Clemente
Baseball has been very good to me. Roberto Clemente
I had offers from Dodgers, Giants, and Braves. Braves offer same amount as Dodgers but I have many friends on Brooklyn team. I feel more at home there and I sign. Roberto Clemente
I bought my parents their home in Puerto Rico and gave them possessions they never thought they’d ever see. Roberto Clemente
I love the game too much to quit. Roberto Clemente
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give. Roberto Clemente
You try to hit home run every time but you no can do. No man can do. Roberto Clemente
Bobby, it don’t matter how you stand; it matter where you end up! Roberto Clemente
They’ve been knocking me down all season in the National League and I’ve still gotten my share of base hits. Roberto Clement
Nobody does anything better than me in baseball. Roberto Clemente
This is my ballpark. Every game is played in daylight and I can see the ball good. And I can reach the stands in any direction. Roberto Clemente
If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body. Roberto Clemente
I think the fans in Pittsburgh are the best in baseball. They’ve always been on my side, even when I’m going bad. I’ve made plenty of friends and I would not trade these people for anybody, anywhere. Roberto Clemente
I think all human beings are equal, but one has to unceasingly fight hard to maintain that equality. Roberto Clemente
There are many good players in this game. If they weren’t good, they wouldn’t be in the majors. Roberto Clemente
I get sick when I see somebody play, and I can’t play. Roberto Clemente
In Puerto Rico, we like to laugh and talk before a game. Then we go out and play as hard as we can to win. Afterwards, we laugh and talk again. But in America, baseball is much more of a business. Play well and you get pats on the back and congratulations. Play bad and no pats and maybe nobody talks to you. Roberto Clemente
I run, I throw, I move. It hurts. It goes away and it comes back. Someday, it hurt, someday, no. If it does not cure, I quit baseball. No fool around. Roberto Clemente
Baseball was my whole life. I would forget to eat because of baseball. Roberto Clemente
My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother. Roberto Clemente
After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I’d win the batting title in 1961 for the first time. Roberto Clemente
When Martin Luther King died, they come and ask the black players if we should play. I say if you have to ask black players, then we do not have a great country. Roberto Clemente
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