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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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Wisdom, Failure, Bed Of Roses

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In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.

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Carpe Diem, Opportunity, Swings

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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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Eye, Thinking, Balls

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Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

Hank Aaron

Bed Of Roses, Way, Ifs

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I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own. God is my strength. He gave me a good body and some talent and the freedom to develop it. He helps me when things go wrong. He forgives me when I fall on my face. He lights the way.

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Fall, Light, Forgive Me

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

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Funny, Sports, Baseball

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What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

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Reflection, Institutions, Our Family

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Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

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Basketball, Consistency, Able

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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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People, Justice, Ruth

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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.

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Motivational, Racism, Guy

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

Hank Aaron

Baseball, Running, Home

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The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there's a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have -- keep swinging.

Hank Aaron

Running, Home, Opportunity

Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.19, Harper Collins

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

Hank Aaron

Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

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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.

Hank Aaron

Motivational, Sports, Baseball

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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.

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Mean, Play, Color

Hank Aaron, Furman Bisher (1974). “Aaron”, Ty Crowell Company

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Failure is a part of success.

Hank Aaron

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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Failure, Player, Bed Of Roses

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them.

Hank Aaron

Louisville, Use, Records

Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.18, Harper Collins

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

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Come Up

"Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes". Book edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard, 2000.

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There wasn't much white people would allow us to do in those days. You could be a schoolteacher or an athlete to get away from the manual labor and servant-type jobs, but there wasn't much else they were going to allow you [to] do.

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Jobs, Athlete, White

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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.

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Running, Home, Kids

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

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Baseball, Knows, Off Season

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I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

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Smile, Baseball, Hands

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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Baseball, Running, Wall

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Born: February 5, 1934
Occupation: Baseball player
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