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Roberto Clemente Quotes
Roberto Clemente Quotes
Roberto Clemente
Puerto Rican
Athlete
Born:
Aug 18
,
1934
Died:
Dec 31
,
1972
Am
Ball
Better
Me
People
You
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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
Time
You
People
Better
Will
Earth
Something
Make
Coming
Accomplish
Behind
Your
Things
Wasting
Chance
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
Work
Good
You
Man
Father
Mind
Good Man
Say
Learn
How
Up
Person
Want
Grew
Used
Serious
To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.
Roberto Clemente
People
Outsiders
Foreigners
Here
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.
Roberto Clemente
Gave
Give
Had
Remembered
Ballplayer
Want
Who
The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me... you do it because I'm black and Puerto Rican, but I'm proud to be Puerto Rican.
Roberto Clemente
Me
You
Better
Black
Bad
Stay
Writers
Like
Know
Because
Proud
Trying
Rican
Create
Farther
Why
Away
Image
Puerto
Puerto Rican
Look at my skin - I am not of the white people.
Roberto Clemente
People
White
Skin
Look
Am
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.
Roberto Clemente
Me
You
Will
Find
Inside
Outside
Ball
Hit
Pitch
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
Me
Be Happy
Happy
Energy
Mad
Bad
Would
Would-Be
Puts
Ball
Ball Player
Very
Get
Body
Player
It's not a bad ball if I can hit it.
Roberto Clemente
Bad
Ball
Hit
I wasn't ready for the majors when I joined the Pirates in 1955. I was too young and didn't know my way around.
Roberto Clemente
Young
Too
Way
Joined
Know
Majors
Around
Ready
Pirates
My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother.
Roberto Clemente
Today
Home
Mother
Kind
Something
Could
Throw
Arm
She
Ball
Got
Same
Home Plate
Plate
Even
Base
Second
I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.
Roberto Clemente
Better
Fans
Teammates
Greatest
Pirate
Ask
Baseball
I was born to play baseball.
Roberto Clemente
Born
Baseball
Play
Play Baseball
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