128 Quotes by Hank Aaron

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.

There is no logical reason why girls shouldn’t play baseball. It’s not all that tough.

There’s only one way to break the color line. Be good. I mean, play good. Play so good that they can’t remember what color you were before the season started.

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn’t going to help.

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.

I’ve tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

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 feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

I don’t see pitches down the middle anymore – not even in batting practice.