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.
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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 here in Kansas City.Roger Maris
Now they talk on the radio about the record set by Ruth, and 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.
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As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.
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We're too stupid to be open today ... come back when we're smarter.
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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 desire to play baseball.
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