Roberto Clemente Quotes

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  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

  People, Earth, Behind You

  "Standing Cheer for Roberto" by John Wilson, The Sporting News, p. 44, February 20, 1971.

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  I was born to play baseball.

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Play, Born

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Giving, Want

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• 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

  "Roberto Clemente Day at Three Rivers Stadium". pgdigs.tumblr.com. July 25, 1970.

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• A nation without heroes is nothing.

  Roberto Clemente

  Hero, Nations

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• 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

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Past, Games

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Men, Earth, Uniforms

  Roberto Clemente's World Series MVP acceptance Speech, 1971.

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Differences, Needs, Gloves

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Player, Born

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I think about it, I'm convinced that God wanted me to play baseball.

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Player, Baseball Player

  "A Conversation with Clemente" with Sam Nover, aired on WIIC-TV in Pittsburgh, October 08, 1972.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Anger, Mad

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• A country without idols is nothing.

  Roberto Clemente

  Country, Idols

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• To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

  Roberto Clemente

  People, Outsiders, Foreigners

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Doe, World

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Running, Team, Home

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

  Roberto Clemente

  Thinking, People, Jungle

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• Baseball has been very good to me.

  Roberto Clemente

  Baseball, Very Good, Has Beens

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