"Quotes About"
The only man I idolize
more than myself is Henry Aaron."
- Muhammad Ali
 "No
question, Hank Aaron was the best player I ever saw play. The yardstick was
Willie Mays because of the flair he had. But Aaron could do everything that Mays
could do and even more. He was a better hitter and just as good in the
outfield."
- Del Crandall
"I'm not saying Willie Mays
wasn't a great ballplayer, but I think Hank was a better ballplayer and did
everything Willie did but without Willie's flair." - Lew Burdette
"The most dangerous hitter
between Aaron and Willie Mays was Aaron." - Bob Gibson
"When they talk about Aaron,
they naturally talk about his homeruns, but to me he was a great player. Not
only was he a great homerun hitter who hit for average, he was an excellent
outfielder and was a really great base runner. Hank could do everything that as
called for on the field, and those are the things they don't talk enough about.
He was the complete ballplayer." - Harmon Killebrew
"Henry belongs in a higher
league." - Joe Torre
"Speaking as a pitcher, you
wanted Henry as your right fielder. You wanted that line drive to come to him in
right, with a man on second. A lot of people forget or don't realize how good of
an arm he had, and accurate, and what a great outfielder he was. The same quiet
way, what a great base runner he was. He did everything so fluidly. He wasn't a
showoff. He hit a homerun, he circled the bases. High fives weren't in
then." - Phil Niekro
"The reason he never hit 50
was that he wasn't a home run hitter. He didn't think home run. He thought of
going up and making good contact, hitting .300, hitting the ball where it was
pitched. A lot of times he went up the middle, went the other way, never trying
to overpull, never trying to force anything. Hank always was one guy who played
within himself, even on 715." - Johnny Bench
"Trust me on this one, he
was the best ballplayer. I watched him over many, many years and watched him
never throw to the wrong base, never miss a cutoff, never make a mistake. I saw
the instincts he had." - Eddie Mathews
"All you have to do is look
at the record. The best player of all was neither me nor Mays. It was Henry
Aaron. Look at his homerun record, his doubles. If you need a base stolen, he'd
steal a base for you. He could throw. A great base runner with great instincts.
He just never played in New York, so he went kind of unnoticed." - Mickey
Mantle
"Quotes From"
"I don't want them
to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Hank
Aaron."
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