roberto clemente

“ I get sick when I see somebody play, and I can't play. ”

“ If you pitch me inside, I will hit forty-three home runs a year, thirty-seven of them off you! ”

“ To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners. ”

“ I run, I throw, I move. it hurts. It goes away and it comes back. Someday, it hurt, someday, no. If it does not cure, I quit baseball. No fool around. ”

“ I will hit .450 if you give me Ralph Garr's legs, Johnny Bench's age, and cut the travel schedule. ”

“ I gonna rest. If the pain is still there, I won't come back to spring training. ”

“ Baseball has been very good to me. ”

“ I felt kind of bashful when the fans went crazy. I'm a very quiet, shy person, although you writers might not believe because I shout sometimes. ”

“ I had offers from Dodgers, Giants, and Braves. Braves offer same amount as Dodgers but I have many friends on Brooklyn team. I feel more at home there and I sign. ”

“ 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. ”