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

Speaking with reporters on October 1, recalling the previous day's fan response to his 3,000th hit; as quoted in "Saturday Cheers Linger (For Clemente After 3,000)" by Charley Feeney, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 2, 1972), p. 24