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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
Hank Aaron
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Hank Aaron
Age: 86 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 5
Died: 2021
Died: January 22
Baseball Player
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Alabama
Henry Louis Aaron
Henry Hank L. Aaron
Henry Aaron
Hammerin' Hank Aaron
Hammerin' Hank
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I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so many hitters do not know how to get themselves prepared to play or hit against a pitcher. You have to mentally be prepared to hit against all pitchers.
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Maybe the day will come when I can sit back and be content....But until that day comes, I intend to stay in the batter's box - I don't let the big guys push me out of there anymore - and keep hammering away.
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There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life.
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The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.
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I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success.
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I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.
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I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.
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If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have done.
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I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn't share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.
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Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it, you discover the bricks underneath. At times, it seems that we're dealing with a group of men who aren't much different than others we've all run into over the years, except they wear neckties instead of robes and hoods.
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I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody.
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I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.
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You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.
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You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.
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To this day, whenever I'm in Milwaukee, which is often, I'm reminded that the people there still haven't gotten over the Braves leaving ... If it helps, they should know the players haven't either.
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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.
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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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There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.
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Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated. We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country.
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You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
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