Quotes By Reggie Jackson

Former baseball player Reggie Jackson happens to be my idol; a man who made me what I am today. If you think his quote is great, give it a 5. Mediocre = 3. If he made a poor quote, give it a 1.

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"Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold."

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"He [Claudell Washington] plays the outfield like he's trying to catch grenades."

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"I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money."

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"I couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society."

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"I hate Billy [Martin] because he plays tough, but if I played for him, I'd probably love him."

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"When you've played this game for ten years, gone to bat seven thousand times, and gotten two thousand hits, do you know what this really means? It means you've gone zero for five thousand."

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"For a certain amount of money, you'll eat Alpo."

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"A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that."

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"After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson. I really mean that."

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"Blind people come to the park just to listen to him [Tom Seaver] pitch."

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"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when [Nolan] Ryan's throwing balls by you."

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"Fans don't boo nobodies."

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"God, do I love to hit that little round son-of-a-bitch out of the park and make 'em say 'Wow!'"

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"Guys who play there [Japan], say it gets awfully lonely. Hell, for the money they're talking [over one million in 1989], I can buy some friends and take them with me."

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"Hitting is better than sex."

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"I am the best in baseball."

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"I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me."

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"I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose."

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"I go to pieces in turmoil, but I thrive on pressure."

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"I think Reggie Jackson on your ball club is a show of force. It's a show of power. I help to intimidate the opposition, just because I'm here." - Reggie on his arrival to Spring Training 1977.

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"I used to dream how good it would be to be Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. My dreams have died. Even the rotten rings aren't what they're supposed to be. I'll buy my own diamonds. I can afford it now."

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"I was reminded [by Jim Bouton] that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care."

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"I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit."

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"I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player."

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"I've always been able to hear and read what I say before I say it. That's why I'm a good quote. Or a good interview. If I say something that's uncomfortable for someone's ears, it's going to be the truth, I just happen to voice it."

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"If I was playing in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me."

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"In the building I live in on Park Avenue, there are ten people who could buy the Yankees. But none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium."

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"It's a fickle town [New York], a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here."

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"October, that's when they pay off for playing ball."

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"Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it."

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"So many ideas come to you [when slumping] and you want to try them all but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist camp. You don't know where to start."

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"Some people call October a time of pressure. I call it a time of character."

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"The only difference between me and the other Yankees is my skin color."

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"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."

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"The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint."

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"The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it."

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"To walk out and feel your spikes in the grass is a good feeling."

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"When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity."

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"You don't face [Nolan] Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight."

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"You know this team ... it all flows from me. I've got to keep it going. I'm the straw that stirs the drink."

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"You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247."

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"You never met anyone like me, I'm not just a ballplayer, I'm a multi-faceted person, a myriad of personalities."

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