--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Hank Aaron" description: "10 Knows quotes by Hank Aaron. Plus more from Hank Aaron and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/hank-aaron-7857_hardest_you-know-what-the-hardest-thing-is-what_987547.jpg" --- > [You know what the hardest thing is? What nobody wants to understand -- is me. People want their memories of me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/you-know-what-the-hardest-thing-is-what-nobody-wants-to-understand-is/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/hank-aaron-7857_hardest_you-know-what-the-hardest-thing-is-what_987547.jpg) > [ \[My father\] didn't make much money, and I tell a lot of people, you know, I was a vegetarian before people knew… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/my-father-didn-t-make-much-money-and-i-tell-a-lot-of-people-you-know/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/hank-aaron-7857_father_my-father-didn-t-make-much-money-and-i-t_2006376.jpg) > [If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/if-i-knew-exactly-what-i-know-now-and-had-it-to-do-over-i-d-be-a/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/hank-aaron-7857_baseball_if-i-knew-exactly-what-i-know-now-and-ha_46907.jpg) > [I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-ve-tried-a-lot-of-things-in-the-off-season-but-the-only-thing-i/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/hank-aaron-7857_baseball_i-ve-tried-a-lot-of-things-in-the-off-se_79804.jpg) > [I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-think-about-how-a-guy-mentally-prepared-himself-to-do-battle-to-go/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/hank-aaron-7857_baseball_i-think-about-how-a-guy-mentally-prepare_2709890.jpg) > [I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-have-always-felt-that-although-someone-may-defeat-me-and-i-strike/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/hank-aaron-7857_ball-game_i-have-always-felt-that-although-someone_2162479.jpg) > [To this day, whenever I'm in Milwaukee, which is often, I'm reminded that the people there still haven't gotten over the Braves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/to-this-day-whenever-i-m-in-milwaukee-which-is-often-i-m-reminded/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/hank-aaron-7857_brave_to-this-day-whenever-i-m-in-milwaukee-wh_1039265.jpg) > [Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/once-the-record-was-mine-i-had-to-use-it-like-a-louisville-slugger-i/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/hank-aaron-7857_bigotry_once-the-record-was-mine-i-had-to-use-it_1378936.jpg) > [I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-played-sometimes-about-as-dull-as-you-can-play-it-i-did-things-the/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/hank-aaron-7857_ability_i-played-sometimes-about-as-dull-as-you_175891.jpg) > [I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-had-many-many-many-death-threats-i-couldn-t-open-letters-for-a-long/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/hank-aaron-7857_able_i-had-many-many-many-death-threats-i-cou_150518.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by 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 I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/if-i-knew-exactly-what-i-know-now-and-had-it-to-do-over-i-d-be-a/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-think-what-separates-a-superstar-from-the-average-ballplayer-is/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-ve-tried-a-lot-of-things-in-the-off-season-but-the-only-thing-i/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-had-many-many-many-death-threats-i-couldn-t-open-letters-for-a-long/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/last-year-i-was-sort-of-a-kid-and-i-was-a-little-scared-i-ain-t/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I modeled my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-played-sometimes-about-as-dull-as-you-can-play-it-i-did-things-the/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I thought my chances to make the Braves were better and that they were being fairer to me, paying me more money to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-thought-my-chances-to-make-the-braves-were-better-and-that-they/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-bed-of-roses-all-your-life/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I tell young people - including my granddaughter - there is no shortcut in life. You have to take it one step at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-tell-young-people-including-my-granddaughter-there-is-no-shortcut/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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, was playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/people-were-not-ready-to-accept-me-as-a-baseball-player-the-easiest/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [Too bad integration didn't come sooner, because there were so many ballplayers that could have made the major leagues. That's why, you look back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/too-bad-integration-didn-t-come-sooner-because-there-were-so-many/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [Failure is a part of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/failure-is-a-part-of-success/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [“The day I become content is the day I cease to be anything more than a man who hit home runs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/the-day-i-become-content-is-the-day-i-cease-to-be-anything-more-than/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-don-t-see-pitches-down-the-middle-anymore-not-even-in-batting/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) > [Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/some-people-resented-the-fact-i-was-trying-to-break-a-white-man-s/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/hank-aaron/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Hank Aaron", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know what the hardest thing is? 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