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Can I smoke now without someone taking my picture?

Quote by Hank Aaron about smoke

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

Quote by Hank Aaron

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

Quote by Hank Aaron about being

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

Quote by Hank Aaron about name, day

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

Quote by Hank Aaron about sport, rightness, work

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

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I don't want them to forget Ruth, I just want them to remember me!

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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

Quote by Hank Aaron about career, past, time

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.

Quote by Hank Aaron about miracle, ability, life

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.

Quote by Hank Aaron about smile, joke, nothing, face

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.

Quote by Hank Aaron about magic, home

It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

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

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Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

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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.

Quote by Hank Aaron about things

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 about day, end

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.

Quote by Hank Aaron about season, home, time

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

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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 about games, home

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

Quote by Hank Aaron