--- title: "1 Played Day Quotes By Hank Aaron" description: "1 Played Day quotes by Hank Aaron. Plus more from Hank Aaron and more Played Day sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/hank-aaron-7857_baseball_i-had-just-turned-20-and-jackie-told-me_2856776.jpg" --- > [I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-aaron/i-had-just-turned-20-and-jackie-told-me-the-only-way-to-be-successful/) [Hank Aaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-aaron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/hank-aaron-7857_baseball_i-had-just-turned-20-and-jackie-told-me_2856776.jpg) ## 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/played-day/hank-aaron/#itemlist", "name": "1 Played Day Quotes By Hank Aaron", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. 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