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

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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. — Roberto Clemente

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I dedicated the hit (his 3,000th) to the Pittsburgh fans and to the people in Puerto Rico and to one man (Roberto Marin) in particular. The one man who carried me around for weeks looking for a scout to sign me. — Roberto Clemente

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Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth. — Roberto Clemente

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