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
Topics: Performance
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
Topics: Ability, Confidence
The way I see it, it’s a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it’s a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there’s a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have — 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
Topics: Performance, Effort
The day I become content is the day I cease to be anything more than a man who hit home runs.
—Hank Aaron
I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.
—Hank Aaron
Topics: Baseball
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
Topics: 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
The pitcher has got only a ball. I’ve got a bat. So the percentage of weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.
—Hank Aaron
Topics: Baseball
It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
—Hank Aaron
Topics: Golf
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