Reggie Jackson Quotes

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.
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.
You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.
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.
Being a superstar... can make life very difficult, difficult to grow. So I like to visit with my friends, listen to some fine music, drink some good wine, perhaps take a ride in the country in a fine car, or... just walk along the beach.
Billy Martin was a human tragedy, in the real sense of the words.
Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.
Everybody in the league knew I had trouble with the inside pitch. I got away with it only because the great majority of pitchers were afraid of making a mistake in that spot. The threat of power is one of the best weapons you have in the batter's box.
Everybody's got a Reggie story.
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.
I couldn't accept the racial epithets in reference to players like Elliott Maddox or Billy Sample.
I didn't see Kirby Puckett as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Gary Carter as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Don Sutton as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Phil Niekro as a Hall of Famer. As much as I like Jim Rice, I'm not so sure he's a Hall of Famer.
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.
I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.
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?
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.
I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.
I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.
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.
If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.
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