Roberto Clemente Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

A nation without heroes is nothing. — Roberto Clemente

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

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

Baseball has been very good to me. — Roberto Clemente

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

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

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

I was born to play baseball. — Roberto Clemente

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. — Roberto Clemente

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

A country without idols is nothing. — Roberto Clemente

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

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners. — Roberto Clemente

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