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Hank Aaron Quotes

Total quotes: 21
“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, Hammerin' Hank
Tagged: Black, Black People, People of color, baseball
“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
Tagged: Seriousness, Focus, Baseball Game
“Babe Ruth never had to contend with anything like that when he was establishing his record.”
— Hank Aaron, Baseball As I Have Known It
Tagged: Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Baseball Player
“I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: Pitch, baseball, Baseball Game
“"Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.”
— Hank Aaron, 714 and Beyond
Tagged: Pitcher, strategy, technique, Baseball Game
“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
Tagged: Pitch, baseball, Baseball Game, Career
“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
Tagged: baseball, Career, Future, Home Run
“Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: Youth, Growing Up, Courage, Determination, Overcoming Fear
“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 and fish for a long time.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: hair, Hair loss, Fishing, Ageing
“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
Tagged: Pitcher, weapon, baseball, strategy
“When he was healthy, there was nobody better than Campanella as both a catcher and a hitter. But I played with Del Crandall a long time and he was a match for anybody defensively.”
— Hank Aaron, The Greatest Team of All Time
Tagged: baseball, Health, Best Player, League, Team
“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, Most Inspirational Sports Quotes Of All Time
Tagged: Motivational Sport Quotes, Inspirational, Talent, athlete, Success, Winning, victory, trouble, Slump, Feeling Bad, Always Keep Going, Always Keep Swinging
“I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.”
— Hank Aaron, Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
Tagged: Babe Ruth, Legend, History, Fame
“There wasn't any pitcher I felt I couldn't get a hit off.”
— Hank Aaron, The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by Baseball's Immortals
Tagged: Pitcher, Hitter, baseball, Baseball Player
“Can I smoke now without someone taking my picture?”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: smoking, Fame, Fans, Picture Taking
“In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: baseball, League, Baseball Game, Fame
“You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: Cow, Milking, Ageing
“You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.”
— Hank Aaron
Tagged: baseball, Baseball Game, strategy, Injury, Rest, Passion
“I don't want them to forget Ruth; I just want them to remember me.”
— Hank Aaron, Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes
Tagged: Making History, Fame, Baseball History
“Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.”
— Hank Aaron, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
Tagged: Confidence, Hitter, baseball, Passion
“The mental aspects of hitting were especially important to me. I was strictly a guess hitter, which meant I had to have a thorough knowledge of every pitcher I came up against and develop a strategy for hitting him. My method was to identify the pitches a certain pitcher had and eliminate all but one or two and then wait for them. One advantage I had was quick wrists. Another advantage—and one that all good hitters have—was my eyesight. Sometimes I could read the pitcher's grip on the ball before he ever released it and be able to tell what pitch he was throwing.”
— Hank Aaron, Hank Aaron
Tagged: strategy, baseball, Knowledge, Method, Advantages
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