I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
“I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it,… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I used to love to come to the ballpark. Now I hate it. Every day becomes a little tougher because of all… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I thought my chances to make the Braves were better and that they were being fairer to me, paying me more money… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball.… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
It took me 17 years to get threethousand hits in baseball.It took me one afternoon on a golf course — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Too bad integration didn't come sooner, because there were so many ballplayers that could have made the major leagues. That's why, you… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer. — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball. — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more. — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I modeled my… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I thought my chances to make the Braves were better and that they were being fairer to me, paying me more money to play… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
I tell young people - including my granddaughter - there is no shortcut in life. You have to take it one step at a… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
People were not ready to accept me as a baseball player. The easiest part of that whole thing, chasing the Babe's record, was playing… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
Too bad integration didn't come sooner, because there were so many ballplayers that could have made the major leagues. That's why, you look back,… — Hank Aaron Copy Share
“The day I become content is the day I cease to be anything more than a man who hit home runs.” — Hank Aaron Copy Share
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