Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series). — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
They said you'd really have to be something to be like Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was an American player. What we… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I think about… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me...… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
