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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/every-day-i-went-to-the-ballpark-in-yankee-stadium-as-well-as-on-the/)

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## More by Roger Maris

> [Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/candlestick-was-built-on-the-water-it-should-have-been-built-under-it/)

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> [I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/i-feel-that-i-was-a-good-all-around-player-i-had-good-speed-a-good/)

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> [Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/don-t-quote-me-on-this-but-if-they-ever-manage-to-ban-beer/)

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> [Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/maybe-i-m-not-a-great-man-but-i-damn-well-want-to-break-the-record/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/i-don-t-know-if-i-want-to-go-to-new-york-they-ll-have-to-pay-me-a-lot/)

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> [It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/it-s-a-business-if-i-could-make-more-money-down-in-the-zinc-mines-i-d/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/i-never-wanted-all-this-hoopla-all-i-wanted-was-to-be-a-good-ball/)

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> [It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/it-would-have-been-a-helluva-lot-more-fun-if-i-had-never-hit-those-61/)

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> [It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/it-s-like-obituaries-when-you-die-they-finally-give-you-good-reviews/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/i-don-t-want-to-be-babe-ruth-he-was-a-great-ballplayer-i-m-not-trying/)

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> [Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/every-day-i-went-to-the-ballpark-in-yankee-stadium-as-well-as-on-the/)

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> [I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/i-think-the-most-privacy-i-had-was-when-the-game-was-going-on/)

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> [Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/now-they-talk-on-the-radio-about-the-record-set-by-babe-ruth-and-joe/)

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> [You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/you-hit-home-runs-not-by-chance-but-by-preparation/)

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> [It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/it-would-have-been-a-helluva-lot-more-fun-if-i-had-not-hit-those/)

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