Roberto Clemente quotes:

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

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.

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series).

If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.

But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.

Baseball has been very good to me.

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.

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.

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.

I was born to play baseball.

A country without idols is nothing.

A nation without heroes is nothing.

There's no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know.

God wanted me to be a baseball player.

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.

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.

If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

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,

When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth.

Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.