A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
Reggie Jackson
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Reggie Jackson
For a certain amount of money, you'll eat Alpo.
Reggie Jackson
God do I love to hit that little round sum-bitch out of the park and make 'em say 'Wow!'
Reggie Jackson
Hitting is better than sex.
Reggie Jackson
I am the best in baseball.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.
Reggie Jackson
I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
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. No one gives you anything, you've got to get it for yourself.
Reggie Jackson
I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.
Reggie Jackson
I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.
Reggie Jackson
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
Reggie Jackson
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
Reggie Jackson
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
Reggie Jackson
The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.
Reggie Jackson
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
Reggie Jackson
When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity.
Reggie Jackson
When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.
Reggie Jackson
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.
Reggie Jackson
You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.
Reggie Jackson
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Type:
Athlete
Date of Birth:
1946-05-18
Year of Death:
Nationality:
American |
