Hank Aaron Quotes

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

Hank Aaron
There's only one way to break the color line. Be good. I mean, play good. Play so good that they can't remember what color you were before the season started.

Hank Aaron
I don't want them to forget Ruth; I just want them to remember me.

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I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life that 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.

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On Jackie Robinson:
I don't know how he withstood the things he did without lashing back. I've been through a lot in my time, and I consider myself to be a patient man, but I know I couldn't have done what Jackie did. I don't think anybody else could have done it. Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people's.

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I'm not trying to make anyone forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.

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I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.

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Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at 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.

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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