“I would have to say myself, but it would not look good for me to say it. I just have confidence I am the best because I believe in myself. If I had to pick another player, it would be Hank Aaron. He does everything so well.”

—  Roberto Clemente

As quoted in &quot;The Scoreboard&quot; https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DsQbAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=pU8EAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=5159%2C3057259&amp;dq=roberto-clemente-recently-asked-best-hank-aaron-everything by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Tuesday, December 26, 1967), p. 40 <br class="br">Baseball-related, &lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;1960s&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;, &lt;big&gt;1967&lt;/big&gt;

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