"A 37-year-old with a body like that. It's not fair to other people. For one day he may be the best player in baseball."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Sparky Anderson, as quoted in "Clemente Recovers... So Do Pirates," by Bob Smizik, in The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, July 24, 1972), p. 20