Turner was invited to speak about one of Galloway’s founding pillars, fearlessness, and the role it has played in his life and work. In a discussion moderated by Denis O'Hayer of WABE-FM 90.1, Turner told students that he took "calculated risks" throughout his career and stressed the distinction between recklessness and the willingness to take those strategic risks.

"I’m supposed to be Mr. Fearless", he said. "I was scared all the time! I was afraid of losing so much that I worked so hard, I won."

Turner answered questions from Galloway students and addressed a variety of topics, including the development of CNN and Turner Broadcasting and the establishment of the United Nations Foundation.

He also spoke passionately about the need for the next generation to make progress on energy policy and climate stabilization. “This is going to have to be the generation that will do things right,” he said.

Captain Planet  was even on hand to drive home that message, much to the delight of Galloway’s younger students.

Turner spoke about the conservation efforts on his ranches and, in one of the unpredictable turns that have become a Ted Turner signature, spontaneously began howling like a wolf. Students laughingly joined in.

“A good sense of humor is just as important as how fearless you are,” Turner told the audience.

Hank spoke about his playing years during the civil rights movement, Major League baseball today, and his Chasing the Dream Foundation, among other things. Aaron played baseball in the segregated South, a circumstance that shaped much of his career.

“During his chase of the homerun record, Hank Aaron received thousands of vicious hate letters from people who didn’t want him to break Babe Ruth’s record because of the color of his skin,” Galloway parent Alex Kaminsky noted in his introduction of Aaron. “He had a bodyguard with him at all times….Yet Mr. Aaron persevered in the face of this great adversity and said at the time that he was just doing his job.”

“We always felt like we had a job to do, just as some of the civil rights workers had jobs to do,” Aaron said of his black teammates. “We felt like we were opening up doors. We opened people’s eyes.”

“The hardest part,” he remembered, “was going to each city, and they would drive up to the hotel and let the white players off,” and drive the black players to a private home. “And then at night, when we had to play a game, the bus would pick the white players up and carry them to the ballpark, and we would have to find the best way we could get to the ballpark.” Players who arrived late to games were fined, but “they wouldn’t fine the white players because they had the bus to pick them up.”

But Aaron maintains that these difficulties paid off. “Those are the things that I remember so vividly, but I felt like we had to endure all those things to pave the way for other black players,” he said.

Today, Aaron spends his time working with the Atlanta Braves and serving 9- to 12-year-olds through his Chasing the Dream Foundation, an initiative that provides educational support to underserved children. “It’s the most gratifying thing,” he said.

Following the program, Aaron enjoyed the Early Learning students’ rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in the multi-purpose room.

Widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Hank Aaron played professional baseball for 23 years (1954-1976). During his history-making career, he set the Major League Baseball record for most career home runs with 755, a record he held for 33 years. He played in 24 All-Star games, and in 1982 was inducted into The National Baseball Hall of Fame. Since his retirement, Aaron has served as senior vice president for the Atlanta Braves.