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Roger Maris [1934-1985]
Rank: 103
Athlete, Baseball player


Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball player who played four seasons in the minor leagues and twelve seasons in the major leagues. Maris played right field on four Major League Baseball teams, from 1957 through 1968.

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It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs. Home
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You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. Chance, Home
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Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.
103
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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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 right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.
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I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.
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It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.
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Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it.
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