Quotes by Hank Aaron

About Hank Aaron:

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) and 2 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL), from 1954 through 1976. Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list.
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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

Failure is a part of success.

Hank Aaron

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

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

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

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

Hank Aaron

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

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

Hank Aaron

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

Hank Aaron

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

Hank Aaron

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

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

Hank Aaron

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job... He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.

Hank Aaron

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

Hank Aaron

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.

Hank Aaron

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

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

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

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

Hank Aaron

Author Bio

  • NameHank Aaron
  • DescriptionRetired American baseball player
  • BornFebruary 5, 1934
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player; Sportsperson
  • AwardsSpingarn Medal; Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award; Presidential Citizens Medal; Rawlings Gold Glove Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom