Roger Maris Professions : Baseball player Born : September 10, 1934 Died : December 14, 1985 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Roger Maris As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again. Roger Maris baseball would-be doubt You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. Roger Maris basketball running motivational Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record. Roger Maris records want men Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball. Roger Maris yankees baseball years It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc. Roger Maris uranium-mining more-money zinc 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 that isn't replacing Babe Ruth. Roger Maris records baseball trying 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 baseball leadership sports 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 headache baseball fun 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 kansas-city cities new-york It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews. Roger Maris obituary reviews giving 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 help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season. Roger Maris player winning running I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield. Roger Maris arms speed player I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on. Roger Maris privacy games thinking 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. Roger Maris records home running It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs. Roger Maris more been home fun Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it. Roger Maris been built should water Similar Authors Albert Belle baseball-player Bob Horner baseball-player Bob Wickman baseball-player Brian Gordon baseball-player Bronson Arroyo baseball-player Buster Posey baseball-player All Authors
