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

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

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

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