46 Quotes by 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.

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

God wanted me to be a baseball player.

If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

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

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

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

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.

I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.