ATLANTA -- Baseball’s legend, Hank Aaron, held the all-time homerun record for more than 30 years. Barry Bonds passed Hammerin’ Hank in a cloud of steroid suspicion. Aaron has stayed above the fray refusing to comment on steroids. But Friday he sat down with Channel 2’s John Bachman and without naming names, acknowledged the game has to deal with cheaters.

Story Behind The Story: John Bachman Discusses Hank Aaron Interview

Hank Aaron has always taken the high road when it comes to questioning the man who broke his homerun record. Friday was no exception. But when Bachman asked if the steroid era would make his accomplishments more meaningful, he agreed with most baseball purists and said it would.

Facing death threats, hate mail and the burden of breaking Babe Ruth’s hallowed homerun record, Aaron passed what many considered an unpassable milestone. Aaron set a new mark – 755 homeruns – as unreachable as ever.

But Aaron knows better than anyone, records are meant to be broken. Barry Bonds hit number 756 in 2007.

Aaron refuses to comment specifically on Bonds and suspicions that Bonds used steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. But Friday, without naming names, he acknowledged the impact steroids have had on the game’s history.

"Players who have gone on and done some things that people said would never be done, you know, in the last few years, they'll find out that those players were not...that there was some cheating going on," said Aaron.

When Bachman asked, “Do you think that as more of this stuff comes out, that you will be appreciated even more," Aaron responded, "I think so. I think most players, you know, you talk about Koufax, and some of the players that played in my era, it's going to be appreciated more."

Aaron was king for 33 years. We may never know for sure if he should still hold the homerun title but he insists he has no regrets.

"I played in an era in which I'm very, very proud of the fact that I played in the Koufax, Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, and all those guys, you know those guys were baseball players."