I never go for home runs. I haven't tried to hit one since 1960 when I thought I had a chance to hit 20.

After hitting 2 home runs off Don Drysdale—the second and deciding one coming four pitches after being decked by Drysdale, presumably in response to the first—and driving in all 4 runs in a 4-1 Pirate win, as quoted in "Clemente's Bat Dumps Bums" by Joe Carnicelli (UPI), in The Hendersonville Times-News (Monday, June 5, 1967); p. 9