“I think he had the best eye, best stance and sharpest cut of all the big leaguers playing in Puerto Rico. He also field real good and throw like a bullet.”— Roberto Clemente, en.wikiquote.org
“I was looking for an inside pitch. I don't know whether it was a fastball or not, but it came in a little inside and I was ready for it. I know it went out of here fast. Last year I hit one harder to the left field bleachers. That was a high fly ball. But this was a line drive. And I liked this hit…”— Roberto Clemente, en.wikiquote.org
“I jus' try to sacrifice myself, so I get runner to third. If I do, I feel good. But I get heet and Willie scores, and I feel better than good. [...] What makes me feel most good is that the skipper let me play the whole game. I think maybe he take me out after a few innings for Aaron but no, he pay…”— Roberto Clemente, en.wikiquote.org
“This is my ball park. Every game is played in daylight and I can see the ball good. And I can reach the stands in any direction. I hope I'm never traded but if I am, I wish it would be to the Cubs. I know I do well there in 77 games.”— Roberto Clemente, en.wikiquote.org
“I will hit .450 if you give me Ralph Garr's legs, Johnny Bench's age and cut the travel schedule.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“No one knows what eet is. They can't find anything. I run, I throw, I move eet hurts. Eet goes away and come back. Someday eet hurt . . . someday no. If eet doesn't cure, I quit baseball ... No fool around.”— Roberto Clemente, newspapers.com
“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, baseball-almanac.com
“I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 than swinging for home runs.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we…”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“They said I was such a great prospect that they were sending me to a winter league to sharpen up. When I stepped off the plane, I was in Greenland.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“One time, I got pulled over at four a.m. I was fined seventy-five dollars for being intoxicated and four-hundred for being with the Phillies.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for $3,000. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn't have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.”— Bob Uecker, washingtonpost.com