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 have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.
It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews. - Roger Maris
It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.
- Roger Maris
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 would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches.
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 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…
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
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…
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
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 …
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. - Roger Maris
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.
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
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.
I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on. - Roger Maris
I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.
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 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.
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