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.

Quote by Hank Aaron

Topics: Hank Aaron Quotes

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.

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...

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 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. I did it...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or...

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or...

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a...

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

I wasn't there long enough to hear them say what they were.

I wasn't there long enough to hear them say what they were.

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week....

If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week....