46 Quotes by Roberto Clemente

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

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.