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Baseball
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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
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
-Hank Aaron
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I don't want them to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember me!
-Hank Aaron
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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.
-Hank Aaron
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Confidence
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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
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Effort
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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.
-Hank Aaron
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Failure
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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. 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.
-Hank Aaron
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Golf
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It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
-Hank Aaron, Sportswit by Lee Green (1984)
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Books by and about Hank Aaron