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

Quote by Hank Aaron

Topics: Hank Aaron Quotes

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

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

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the...

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the...

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of...

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of...

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling...

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling...

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful...

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful...

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

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

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

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

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one...

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in...

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in...

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing...

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing...

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of...

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of...

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

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

You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots....

You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots....

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got...

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got...

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than...

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than...

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it...

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an...

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an...

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...