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

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.

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

In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.