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That's when I use the word frustrating, when your body breaks down or your body doesn't do the things I'm asking it to do at my age, because I'm trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Roger Clemens

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Roger Clemens
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 4
Baseball Player
Dayton
Ohio
William Roger Clemens
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