Roberto Clemente Quotations

I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I 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 more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

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

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

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.

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

My father was the 87th Latino to be in the major leagues, but he was the first one ... to be able to speak up and become an activist against prejudice, not only in baseball but also in society, and that took a lot to be able to do that.

I will hit .450 if you give me Ralph Garr's legs, Johnny Bench's age and cut the travel schedule.

Jamie is one of the most accomplished pitchers in Mariners' history, leading the major leagues in winning percentage over the last eight years, ... But it is his commitment to making the difference in the life of those in need through the Moyer Foundation that has made people see you as a great baseball player and a great humanitarian.

Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth".

I always try to lead the clean life,

I do not live so far from Miami.

Baseball has been very good to me.

A nation without heroes is nothing.

A country without idols is nothing.

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

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.

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

God wanted me to be a baseball player.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I was born to play baseball.