What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.
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by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: being, eighty, execution, going, guessing, hitter, just, other, percent, pitcher, successful, throw , twenty I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: feel, least, play, right, sport, sweat, unless, up, way , work 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.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: ball, breaking, career, fastball, looked, never, none, past, pitch, same, them, throw, time, whole , worried 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.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports , Faith keywords: ability, before, doubted, guys, hear, inferior, life, looking, makes, never, other, seen, something, still, wonder , your 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.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: around, bat, face, feel, field, get, got, hands, joke, never, nothing, out, serious, should, smile , walk 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.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: black, him, hit, home, hoping, kid, more, myself, pulling, runs, some, someday, than, white, whoever , will It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
by Hank Aaron (Athlete, American , born in 1934) topics: Sports keywords: afternoon, baseball, course, did, get, golf, hits, seventeen, thousand, three, took , years 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.
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