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 Copy Share Image
Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it. — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield. — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc. — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
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… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews. — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
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… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
