Frases célebres de Hank Aaron
Original: «The day I become content is the day I cease to be anything more than a man who hit home runs».
Fuente: Williams, Doug. Hank Aaron:: Groundbreaking Baseball Slugger. Legendary Athletes Set 2. Editorial ABDO Publishing Company, 2014. ISBN 9781629681436. p. 84. https://books.google.es/books?id=fr5xAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA84&dq=The+day+I+become+content+is+the+day+I+cease+to+be+anything+more+than+a+man+who+hit+home+runs.+Hank+Aaron&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF_rD4xMPgAhVFzYUKHWHkBzcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20day%20I%20become%20content%20is%20the%20day%20I%20cease%20to%20be%20anything%20more%20than%20a%20man%20who%20hit%20home%20runs.%20Hank%20Aaron&f=false
Original: «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».
Fuente: The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2001. Volumen 5 de Cooperstown Symposium Series. Editores William M. Simons, Alvin L. Hall. Edición ilustrada. Editorial McFarland, 2002. ISBN 9780786413577. p. 240. https://books.google.es/books?id=Zsys6u3U5UsC&pg=PA240&dq=The+way+I+see+it,+it%27s+a+great+thing+to+be+the+man+who+hit+the+most+home+runs,+but+it%27s+a+greater+thing+to+be+the+man+who+did+the+most+with+the+home+runs+he+hit.+Hank+Aaron&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE-amXw8PgAhUy8-AKHSufD28Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20way%20I%20see%20it%2C%20it's%20a%20great%20thing%20to%20be%20the%20man%20who%20hit%20the%20most%20home%20runs%2C%20but%20it's%20a%20greater%20thing%20to%20be%20the%20man%20who%20did%20the%20most%20with%20the%20home%20runs%20he%20hit.%20Hank%20Aaron&f=false
Hank Aaron: Frases en inglés
“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.”
As quoted in the July 31, 1956 issue of The Milwaukee Journal; reproduced in Baseball's Greatest Quotations : An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore https://books.google.com/books?id=468IU6sa2VYC&pg=PA2&dq=%22I+never+smile+when+I+have+a+bat+in+my+hands%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi74bmMysjVAhWoz4MKHfK7AmsQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22I%20never%20smile%20when%20I%20have%20a%20bat%20in%20my%20hands%22&f=false (2009) by Paul Dickson, p. 2
Contexto: 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.
Fuente: In response to Jack Nicklaus' query, "What kind of golfer are you?"; as quoted in "Aaron Has Career in Day" by the Associated Press, in The Atlanta Constitution (February 23, 1971)
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Hank Aaron / Quotes
Greeting his powerful but defensively challenged colleague, Dick Stuart (and thus coining Stu's new nickname in the process), on August 5, 1963, just prior to the annual Hall-of-Fame exhibition game; as quoted in "Stuart Ranks Next to Foxx" by Harold Kaese, in The Boston Globe (August 16, 1963)
“Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.”
Response to Yogi Berra, who told him to turn his bat around so he could see the trademark during the 1957 World Series, as quoted in Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (2000) by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard
“There wasn't any pitcher I felt I couldn't get a hit off.”
As quoted in The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by Baseball's Immortals, from Ty Cobb to Willie Mays (1994), compiled by Nicholas Acoccella and Donald Dewey, p. 3
From I Had a Hammer (1990) by Aaron, with Lonnie Wheeler; as reproduced in Hank Aaron https://books.google.com/books?id=tcPC-qgM8McC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22Guessing+what+the+pitcher+is+going+to+throw+is+80+percent+of+being+a+successful+hitter.+The+other+20+percent+is+just+execution.%22&source=bl&ots=QZ81enT7WV&sig=NL9G0fGgcTJGfc6oVOYvuzBV2sI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQu9DFxcjVAhUEwYMKHdamDmsQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=%22Guessing%20what%20the%20pitcher%20is%20going%20to%20throw%20is%2080%20percent%20of%20being%20a%20successful%20hitter.%20The%20other%2020%20percent%20is%20just%20execution.%22&f=false (2007) by Jamie Poolos, p. 48
“I'm not trying to make anyone forget the Babe; but only to remember Hank Aaron.”
When asked how he felt breaking Babe Ruth's record of 714 home runs, as quoted in "I Just Want People to Remember Hank Aaron" by Tom Saladino (AP), in The Mexia Daily News (July 27, 1974)
On Stan Musial, as quoted in "The Scoreboard: Braves' Aaron Among Best of Bargains" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w8IbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7161%2C5971222 by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (August 30, 1967)
As quoted in "Aaron Turns Bad Pitches Into Base-Hits" by Cleon Walfoort, in The Sporting News (June 26, 1957)
Fuente: I Had a Hammer : The Hank Aaron Story (1990), Ch. 1
