I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married.

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 have done.

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.