Author: Roger Maris

Quotes

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.

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

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.

- Roger Maris

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

- Roger Maris

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

- Roger Maris

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.

- Roger Maris

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