“I'm not trying to make anyone forget the Babe; but only to remember Hank Aaron.”

—  Hank Aaron

When asked how he felt breaking Babe Ruth's record of 714 home runs, as quoted in "I Just Want People to Remember Hank Aaron" by Tom Saladino (AP), in The Mexia Daily News (July 27, 1974)

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