In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie)… — 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
For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Jackie was speaking at a drugstore, and I said, 'I'm not going to get this opportunity again, so I better take my… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I… — 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 Image
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer. — 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
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 Image
Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more. — 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 modeled my… — 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 to play… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 look back,… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
