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I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to play many hours every day.
- Roberto Clemente
#Day
#Every Day
#Game
#Loved
#Play
I was born to play baseball.
- Roberto Clemente
#Baseball
#Born
#I Was Born
#Play
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.
- Roberto Clemente
#Act
#Jungle
#Live
#People
#Some People
Look at my skin - I am not of the white people.
- Roberto Clemente
#I Am
#Look
#People
#Skin
#White
I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.
- Roberto Clemente
#Just
#Play
#See
#Wait
#Watch
To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.
- Roberto Clemente
#Foreigners
#Here
#Outsiders
#People
The first day that I get to Fort Myers, there was a newspaper down there. The newspaper said, 'Puerto Rican hot dog arrives in town.'
- Roberto Clemente
#Day
#Dog
#Fort
#Hot
#Newspaper
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.
- Roberto Clemente
#Home
#I Am
#More
#Team
#Valuable
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.
- Roberto Clemente
#Baseball
#Convinced
#God
#I Am
#Me
My father used to say, 'I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.' I grew up with that in my mind.
- Roberto Clemente
#Father
#Good
#Man
#Mind
#Work
They said you'd really have to be something to be like Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was an American player. What we needed was a Puerto Rican player they could say that about, someone to look up to and try to equal.
- Roberto Clemente
#American
#Equal
#Look
#Say
#Try
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.
- Roberto Clemente
#Gave
#Give
#Remembered
#Want
#Who
I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.
- Roberto Clemente
#Ask
#Baseball
#Better
#Fans
#Teammates
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.
- Roberto Clemente
#Ball
#Find
#Me
#Outside
#Will
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
#Better
#Chance
#Earth
#People
#Time
Baseball has been very good to me.
- Roberto Clemente
#Baseball
#Been
#Good
#Me
#Very
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