"Over and over again, I have said Willie Mays is the greatest baseball player I ever saw. But Mays always says Roberto Clemente was the greatest player he ever played against."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Willie Mays, as paraphrased in "Clemente carried himself with dignity" by Joe Morgan, at ESPN (Thursday, September 26, 2002)