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Reggie Jackson Quotes

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

– Reggie Jackson

I’m a businessman. I bring my bat and glove and attache case to the office and go to work. I don’t give a damn if the other workers at the office like me or not.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

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.

– Reggie Jackson

I am the best in baseball.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– 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

The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had to fight for any bit of control I could get. I expected the umpire, the catcher, and the pitcher to wait on me. I wanted to get ready on my time.

– Reggie Jackson

Everybody’s got a Reggie story.

– Reggie Jackson

If you can’t see the rotation and tell if it’s a sink – a fastball, then you have to be able to tell whether that fastball is a two-seamer or a four-seamer. You have to be able to recognize if it’s a slider or a curveball. You have to be able to recognize if it’s a changeup or a split-finger.

– Reggie Jackson

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.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

Babe Ruth was great. I’m just lucky.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. The pitcher was there to throw me a ball to hit. The catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn’t give me what I wanted the first time. And the umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch.

– 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

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

– 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’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. But it’s the truth. It’s not my opinion.

– Reggie Jackson

There are at least three kinds of advantages that the pitcher and batter contest. There’s the physical advantage, the strategic advantage, and also the psychological advantage. I didn’t want two out of three. I wanted them all.

– Reggie Jackson

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

– Reggie Jackson

I never had an understanding of Billy Martin. I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there.

– Reggie Jackson

Hitting is better than sex.

– Reggie Jackson

When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win one, I’d try to make eye contact with the pitcher.

– Reggie Jackson

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I’ve got great appreciation for it.

– Reggie Jackson

I work for ABC television; I have my own syndicated TV series. I’ve been on the cover of ‘Time Magazine’ and on the cover of ‘Sports Illustrated’ five times.

– Reggie Jackson

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.

– Reggie Jackson

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