Hank Aaron Quotes

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• I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
• On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and…
• My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing…
• It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
• I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've…
• Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
• The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow…
• The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed…
• I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
• I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field,…
• 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 your mistake. If…
• You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
• I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw…
• In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being…
• 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 home to Mobile…
• Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.
• The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything.…
• Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in…
• I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off…
• I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

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