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

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

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.

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

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