People were not ready to accept me as a baseball player. The easiest part of that whole thing, chasing the Babe's record,… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
You know what the hardest thing is? What nobody wants to understand -- is me. People want their memories of me to… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
To this day, whenever I'm in Milwaukee, which is often, I'm reminded that the people there still haven't gotten over the Braves… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
[My father] didn't make much money, and I tell a lot of people, you know, I was a vegetarian before people knew… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
There wasn't much white people would allow us to do in those days. You could be a schoolteacher or an athlete to… — 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
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
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