Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is a retired American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseballfor four teams. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average, and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, the most of any pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 August 1962
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I wasn't scared (during his first at-bat). I just told them (Mo Vaughn & Kevin Mitchell') to give me all that hockey equipment (forearm pad & shin guard respectively).
Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it.
I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.
I'll continue to use Mac [McNamee] to train me. He's one of a kind.
The soreness I have is expected. I have total movement.
Andy Pettitte is my friend...I think he misremembers.
I don't want to speak to two empty chairs.
The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.
The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through.
I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.
When I tried the sandwich, I had to invest with Nolan Ryan in the Houston market.
You'd think, ... it would have to wear on you.
We tried to encourage him on many occasions to come out and work with us. He was a big-bodied kid. It was a lot of fun when he started showing up in the mornings, working with us. We had fun and got to know him better.
You have to be mistake-free, so I was trying to be as stingy as possible.