As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.

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

You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

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

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.

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.

Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.

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

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches.

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

I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

I am not concerned about the 80 BMP consistency law of popular music. I'm concerned with other things, and they're very valid.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

Life at the top is financially rewarding, spiritually draining, physically exhausting, and short.

The bigger story here is that the fabric of the Net has changed; it’s a place for people to connect up around shared interests and then collaborate towards some sort of action.

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

I'm a bit of a Libertarian.