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

- Roger Maris

More, Been, Home Runs, Helluva

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

Play, Every Day, Ballpark, American League

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

Want, Break, Ruth, None

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.

- Roger Maris

Chance, Hit, Home Runs, Runs

It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.

- Roger Maris

Business, More, Could, If I Could

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

- Roger Maris

Damn, Break, Maybe, Great Man

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

- Roger Maris

Die, Give, Obituaries, Reviews

I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.

- Roger Maris

Game, Think, Most, Privacy

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