Hank Aaron Quotes

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 to do was keep swinging.
Hank Aaron

Sports, Feeling, Motto

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

Baseball, Three, Golf

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

Successful, Throw, Execution

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 never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.
Hank Aaron

Life, Before, Makes

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
Hank Aaron

Work, Play, Unless

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 with the ball do the fretting.
Hank Aaron

Ball, Weapons, Favor

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, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.
Hank Aaron

Smile, Nothing, Serious

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 with them.
Hank Aaron

Sports, Home, Baseball

Failure is a part of success.
Hank Aaron

Success, Failure

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
Hank Aaron

Long, Left, Holding

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 it past me, none of them.
Hank Aaron

Time, Past, Career

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 hit a home run, it's your home run.
Hank Aaron

Home, Alone, Baseball

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.
Hank Aaron

Home, Black, Him

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.
Hank Aaron

Here, Read, Hit

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

Down, Practice, Anymore

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 we go back to the back of the bus again.
Hank Aaron

End, Again, Able

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Nationality: American

Born: February 5, 1934

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