Hank Aaron

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

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.

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

Failure is a part of success.

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

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

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job... He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.

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.

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.

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

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

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

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.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

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.

The thing I like about baseball is that its one on one. You stand up there alone and if you make a mistake its your mistake. If you hit a home run its your home run.

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

You can only milk a cow so long then youre left holding the pail.

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.

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.

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

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

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.