Reggie Jackson Quotes

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Reggie Jackson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 18, 1946

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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When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. I led off against Tippy Martinez - a little left-hander who always gave me trouble - and the count went to three-and-oh.

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I know I never saw Casey Stengel when I was being scouted. And how could you be in a ballpark and not know if Casey Stengel was there?

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I do everything as honestly as I can. I give all I have to give. But I don't let people get in my way.

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

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

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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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The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

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I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

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Hitting is better than sex.

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There is no question that in the '50s and '60s, black players got thrown at more. That's not a negative comment. It may come out that way, but that's the way it was. Hitting another player was part of the game; hitting a player in the head is not.

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

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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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The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

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There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

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I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.

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

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Ali helped raise black people in this country out of mental slavery. The entire experience of being black changed for millions of people because of Ali.

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Everybody's got a Reggie story.

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