Skip to content

The first hero that I have … I would say was Monte Irvin, when I was a kid. And 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

Another quote →

More quotes by Roberto Clemente

If I get a little stronger, I hit with more power and I help the club more.

Bobby, it don't matter how you stand; it matter where you end up!

It make it more easy for me to throw too, after I make catch.

They've been knocking me down all season in the National League and I've still gotten my share of base hits.

I am having a plaque put on the front of my house. It will say, "To God, Mother, Father and Baseball."

All Roberto Clemente quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Roberto Clemente (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.