"If I don't have trouble with my stomach I think I can be up among the leading hitters in the league again this year. When I am bothered with my stomach," Clemente said, "it leaves me weak. Then instead of just swinging to meet the ball I begin over-swinging and it messes me up." Clemente's trouble has been described as a nervous stomach. "Funny thing," he said, "I am bothered more when I go home than when I'm in the States. I'm seriously thinking about spending the next winter in Pittsburgh."

Speaking with reporters at the annual Dapper Dan banquet on February 4, 1962, as quoted in "CHANGE OF PACE: Clemente Holds His Own as a Speaker'") - Baseball-related