Quotes of Hank Aaron - somelinesforyou

“ 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

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

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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 have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life… ”

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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 can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth. ”

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ I think it's very much a distraction to the ball club, and that is a cancer, you just get done playing the best team in baseball, the team has been playing very well, despite everything... it's just a distraction, and it is a cancer. ”

- Hank Aaron

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

- 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

“ I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life… ”

- Hank Aaron

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

- Hank Aaron

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

- Hank Aaron

“ I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life… ”

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

- 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

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

- Hank Aaron
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