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“When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth. The players should pay the people to come and see us play.”
Provenance
- Source:
- From his 1971 World Series MVP acceptance speech, as quoted in "Pittsburgh's Clemente Honored"
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 6d9a4273b0bb13cd3dbead78fb20337077a777d6dbd42272299f3b147a9767b2
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