(31 quotes found)
“I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.”
Alex Rodriguez
“Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster.”
Curt Simmons
“I know Hank [ Aaron ] and Jackie [ Robinson ] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?”
John Rocker
“Hank made a great play to get me the puck and I saw Anson on the back post. I just had to get him the puck.”
Daniel Sedin
“This account is not accurate. It is embellished and false. (Whitehead) is simply not telling the truth. It's clear Hank asked him to write a letter attacking Eliot and he did so.”
Darren Dopp
“More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.”
Walt Alston
“During the first part of that season, Hank wore it using the number 5. Then he switched to number 44, but you can still make out the outline of number 5. We're pretty confident it's the only jersey.”
David Kohler
“In all my years in the game, I've never heard anyone say anything bad about Hank,”
Davey Lopes
“It was a big deal for Hank Aaron to come around our neighborhood. That he was a black ballplayer in the pros meant a lot to us. If you were doing something like that, you got respect.”
Eddie Shannon
“Carroll was a Hank Williams kind of guy.”
Sarah Stacey
