The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Quote by Hank Aaron

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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'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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.