Hank Aaron Quotes

A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a couple of years ago, A-Rod went to the hospital and promised a dying kid he'd ground out to second for him.

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in time in meet him. Obviously, he was probably the most important sports figure in the world at that time. Hopefully, someday when I pass away, I get to meet him, and then I can really find out what he was really like.

I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.

I know Reggie Jackson is a good player.

You watch all those moments that Jeter had for the Yankees. You can tell by the fans' reaction how much he meant to them and how much he meant to the city, how much he meant to the game of baseball.