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

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

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

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.
- Hank Aaron Quote

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.
- Hank Aaron Quote

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

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

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.
- Hank Aaron Quote

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.
- Hank Aaron Quote

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.
- Hank Aaron Quote