Baseball Quotes by Hank Aaron

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

— Hank Aaron

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

— Hank Aaron

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

— Hank Aaron

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

— Hank Aaron

Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.

— Hank Aaron

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

— Hank Aaron

I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.

— Hank Aaron

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball.…

— Hank Aaron

It took me 17 years to get threethousand hits in baseball.It took me one afternoon on a golf course

— Hank Aaron

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just…

— Hank Aaron

“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a…

— Hank Aaron

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's…

— Hank Aaron

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I…

— Hank Aaron

I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what…

— Hank Aaron

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

— Hank Aaron

Maybe the day will come when I can sit back and be content…But until that day comes, I intend to stay in…

— Hank Aaron

The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a…

— Hank Aaron

For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to…

— Hank Aaron

I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and…

— Hank Aaron

People were not ready to accept me as a baseball player. The easiest part of that whole thing, chasing the Babe's record,…

— Hank Aaron

I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I…

— Hank Aaron

“I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running…

— Hank Aaron

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out…

— Hank Aaron

I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I…

— Hank Aaron

Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was…

— Hank Aaron

I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the…

— Hank Aaron

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

— Hank Aaron

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.

— Hank Aaron

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going…

— Hank Aaron

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling…

— Hank Aaron

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans…

— Hank Aaron

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

— Hank Aaron

I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.

— Hank Aaron

Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means…

— Hank Aaron

If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what…

— Hank Aaron

The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't…

— Hank Aaron

Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another…

— Hank Aaron

There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.

— Hank Aaron

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To…

— Hank Aaron

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it,…

— Hank Aaron