It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches.

- Roger Maris

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

- Roger Maris

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but th…

- Roger Maris

I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and…

- Roger Maris

Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I …

- Roger Maris

You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

- Roger Maris

Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.

- Roger Maris

I don't know if I want to go to New York. They'll have to pay me a lot more money because I like it here in Kansas City.

- Roger Maris

I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.

- Roger Maris