I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. Hank Aaron More Quotes by Hank Aaron More Quotes From 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 motivationalinspirationalsports In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing. Hank Aaron carpe-diemswingsopportunity Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it. Hank Aaron bed-of-rosesfailurewisdom You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can Hank Aaron ballseyethinking It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. Hank Aaron baseballsportsfunny I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own. God is my strength. He gave me a good body and some talent and the freedom to develop it. He helps me when things go wrong. He forgives me when I fall on my face. He lights the way. Hank Aaron forgive-melightfall Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it. Hank Aaron bed-of-rosesifsway 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 guyracismmotivational What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are. Hank Aaron our-familyinstitutionsreflection I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice. Hank Aaron baseballpracticesports Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again. Hank Aaron consistencyablebasketball I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron. Hank Aaron ruthjusticepeople I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody. Hank Aaron threatletterslong I used to love to come to the ballpark. Now I hate it. Every day becomes a little tougher because of all this. Writers, tape recorders, microphones, cameras, questions and more questions. 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 hatehomehair 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 homerunningkids 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 baseballhomerunning Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him. Hank Aaron shoesstarsgames Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married. Hank Aaron stayingmarriedhardest I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn't share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white. Hank Aaron baseballwhiteyears I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so many hitters do not know how to get themselves prepared to play or hit against a pitcher. You have to mentally be prepared to hit against all pitchers. Hank Aaron playsportsthinking
