Clemente played every winter game hard – to win. He played 150-plus bi — Roberto Clemente

"This boy can do everything. In a couple of years, Ill bet hell be a star."

"I learned a lot about Clemente from Rod Carew, who was my hitting instructor in Milwaukee. Carew told me that when he came up to the big leagues (in 1967), Roberto had made it very clear to the Latin guys (throughout baseball), "We’re a minority here in the States. Take pride in what you do, and take care of each other and the young (Latins) coming up."

"No one knows what eet is. They cant find anything. I run, I throw, I move eet hurts. Eet goes away and come back. Someday eet hurt . . . someday no. If eet doesnt cure, I quit baseball ... No fool around."

"Im no fighter. Besides, Willie is too big. And he is a real nice man. All those big fellows—Ted Kluszewski, Gil Hodges, Frank Howard—theyre nice fellows. I saw Howard get mad only once. He picked up an umpire by his ears and held him like a puppy!"

"Roberto Clemente threw me out on a bang-bang play at third. I should have remembered what a tremendous arm he had."

"If Roberto Clemente could sing, he would make Harry Belafonte wish he could hit."