Roberto Clemente Quotes

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

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• I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

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• But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.

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• I was born to play baseball.

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• 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.

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• Baseball has been very good to me.

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• I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.

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• To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

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Roberto Clemente (8)

Birth:	18th August, 1934
Death:	31st December, 1972
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player

About

Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972.

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