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You know what the hardest thing is? What nobody wants to understand -- is me. People want their memories of me to be my memories of me. But you know what? They're not.
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 never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.
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[My father] didn't make much money, and I tell a lot of people, you know, I was a vegetarian before people knew what a vegetarian was. That's all I ate was vegetables.
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Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.
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You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
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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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I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
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Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.
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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 logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.
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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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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.
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I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.
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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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Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.
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Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means I have to make a little difference in the world.
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I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.
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Can I smoke now without someone taking my picture?
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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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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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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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