Hank Aaron Quotes

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the great homer year with Mark McGwire in '98. But I followed it, and I was proud of him because he was my countryman. There are a lot of great ballplayers from the Dominican, and he's one of the best.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

I was a baseball player and a football player at Stanford, so I didn't play a lot of golf in college. I really started playing a lot after I turned pro and I had some time in the off-season.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

No! I won't rule out center field for the Yankees, either.

The England team shouldn't be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you've got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.

When I was in the West Coast watching the Giants, Rich Aurilia was a guy I always liked.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

It's definitely a dream come true playing for the Red Sox.

I started playing for a team called Cosmos in the Tandridge League before I went for a two-week trial with Palace. They must have liked what they saw.

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

I played right field in Minor Leagues a lot before I started playing centerfield.

My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.

I'd played more right than left in Double-A, I think.