Reggie Jackson Quotes

Fans don't boo nobodies.
Reggie Jackson

Sports, Fans, Boo

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

Star, York, Brought

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

God, Tell, Everybody

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

Play, Reason, Playing

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

Game, Means, Times

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

Baseball, After, Instrument

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

History, Important, Mean

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

Human, Baseball, Off

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

Live, Hit, Building

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

Win, Gold, Paint

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
Reggie Jackson

Great, Lucky, Babe

Hitting is better than sex.
Reggie Jackson

I am the best in baseball.
Reggie Jackson

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

Hate, Mind, Lose

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

Time, Money, Business

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

Care, Lose, China

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

Fire, Light, Able

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

Off, Playing, Pay

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

Greatest, Making, Manager

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

Great, Between, Color

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

Beautiful, Thought, Put

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

Before, Makes, Against

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

Fun, Game, Hitting

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Nationality: American

Born: May 18, 1946

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