“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.”
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“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.”
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“They said you'd really have to be something to be like Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was an American player. What we needed was a Puerto Rican player they could say that about, someone to look up...”
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“If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.”
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“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.”
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“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give.”
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“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.”
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“After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.”
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“The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.”
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“Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.”
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“The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me... you do it because I'm black and Puerto Rican, but I'm proud to be...”
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“To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.”
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“The first day that I get to Fort Myers, there was a newspaper down there. The newspaper said, 'Puerto Rican hot dog arrives in town.'”
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“My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother.”
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“I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.”
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“But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.”
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“I wasn't ready for the majors when I joined the Pirates in 1955. I was too young and didn't know my way around.”
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“I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to play many hours every day.”
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“I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.”
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“I was born to play baseball.”
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