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I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.
Roberto Clemente
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Puerto Rican
-
Athlete
August 18
, 1934 -
December 31
, 1972
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
Chance
,
Behind
,
Wasting
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
,
Mind
,
Learn
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
Like
,
Ruth
,
Babe Ruth
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.
Roberto Clemente
Want
,
Remembered
,
Give
Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball.
Roberto Clemente
Hit
,
Will
,
Ball
I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.
Roberto Clemente
Teammates
,
Better
,
Pirate
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
Kind
,
Could
,
Home Plate
It's not a bad ball if I can hit it.
Roberto Clemente
Bad
,
Hit
,
Ball
But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.
Roberto Clemente
Think
,
Some
,
Act
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.
Roberto Clemente
I Am
,
Convinced
,
Wanted
Baseball has been very good to me.
Roberto Clemente
Me
,
Been
,
Very
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
Proud
,
Away
,
Image
To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.
Roberto Clemente
Here
,
Outsiders
,
Foreigners
After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.
Roberto Clemente
Mind
,
Made
,
Batting
I was born to play baseball.
Roberto Clemente
Play
,
Born
,
I Was Born
I would like to get 3,000 hits.
Roberto Clemente
Would
,
Like
,
Hits
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.
Roberto Clemente
Small
,
Big
,
Other
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
Happy
,
Bad
,
Very
Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.
Roberto Clemente
Play
,
Famous
,
Dodgers
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
,
Pirates
,
Joined
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.
Roberto Clemente
Team
,
More
,
Home Runs
Look at my skin - I am not of the white people.
Roberto Clemente
I Am
,
Skin
,
White
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
Game
,
Play
,
Hours
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
Wait
,
Play
,
Pass
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
Newspaper
,
Town
,
Hot Dog
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