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Reggie Jackson Quotes
If I played today, I'd stay in trouble. I'd be in the commissioner's office all the time, I guess. I'd be everywhere - including where I wasn't supposed to be.
~ Reggie Jackson
Commissioner
Everywhere
Guess
Including
Office
Played
Stay
Supposed
Time
Today
Trouble
Where
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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
Able
Fastball
Recognize
Rotation
See
Sink
Tell
Then
Whether
You
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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
Bat
Bring
Businessman
Case
Damn
Give
Glove
Go
Like
Me
Office
Other
Work
Workers
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I'm tired of hearing people say 'Reggie Jackson needs New York, needs the media, needs the attention.' I've always gotten it whenever I wanted it.
~ Reggie Jackson
Always
Attention
Gotten
Hearing
Jackson
Media
Needs
New
New York
People
People Say
Say
Tired
Wanted
Whenever
York
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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
Able
Always
Been
Before
Ears
Going
Good
Happen
Hear
Interview
Just
Opinion
Quote
Read
Say
Someone
Something
Truth
Uncomfortable
Voice
Why
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Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.
~ Reggie Jackson
Ball
Breaking
Could
Game
Great
Had
He
Ken
Minutes
Ninety
Pitch
Throw
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Lee May's about the same age as me; he's got about the same stats. So how come he's making about one-eighty, two hundred thousand, and I'm the best damn paid player in the game? I'll tell you why: Because I put the meat in the seats!
~ Reggie Jackson
About
Age
Because
Best
Come
Damn
Game
Got
He
How
Hundred
Lee
Making
May
Me
Meat
Paid
Player
Put
Same
Same Age
Seats
Tell
Thousand
Two
Why
You
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Misconception Number 1, the public always thought, 'Reggie has a massive ego; he's narcissistic, he's cocky, he needs everyone to look at him all the time,' because that's what the media told them. Wrong. I could handle the attention. I didn't let the attention affect my performance. But I never needed the attention.
~ Reggie Jackson
Affect
Always
Attention
Because
Cocky
Could
Ego
Everyone
Handle
He
Him
Look
Massive
Media
Misconception
Narcissistic
Needed
Needs
Never
Number
Performance
Public
Them
Thought
Time
Wrong
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Nature is extremely important to me. Which may be just about the only trouble I'll have in New York. I'll miss the trees!
~ Reggie Jackson
About
Extremely
Important
Just
May
Me
Miss
Nature
New
New York
Only
Trees
Trouble
Which
York
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No. No, no, no, no, Blyleven wasn't even the dominant pitcher of his era - it was Jack Morris.
~ Reggie Jackson
Dominant
Era
Even
His
Jack
Morris
Pitcher
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The mini-series 'The Bronx is Burning' thoroughly embarrassed me the way the story was told.
~ Reggie Jackson
Bronx
Burning
Embarrassed
Me
Story
Thoroughly
Way
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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
Any
Ball
Bit
Catcher
Control
Could
Expected
Felt
Fight
Get
Go
Had
Happens
He
Lets
Me
My Time
Nothing
Pitcher
Ready
Time
Umpire
Until
Wait
Wanted
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The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
~ Reggie Jackson
Get
Paid
Will
Win
Worthless
You
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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
Advantage
Advantages
Also
Contest
Kinds
Least
Out
Physical
Pitcher
Psychological
Strategic
Them
Three
Two
Want
Wanted
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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.
~ Reggie Jackson
Another
Black
Come
Comment
Game
Got
Head
Hitting
May
More
Negative
No Question
Out
Part
Player
Players
Question
Thrown
Way
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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.
~ Reggie Jackson
Anger
Answer
Anything
Ask
Certain
Express
Express Yourself
Make
Question
Said
Somebody
Them
Think
Time
Venom
Without
You
Yourself
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This is what happens when you get old and have a couple of bucks. You go back and try to be young again.
~ Reggie Jackson
Again
Back
Bucks
Couple
Get
Go
Happens
Old
Try
You
Young
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When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way. If I let the pitcher control it, it would give him an advantage.
~ Reggie Jackson
Advantage
Area
Control
Felt
Give
Him
Hit
Important
Pitcher
Way
Would
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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
Back
Ball
Belonged
Box
Catcher
Close
Convenience
Else
Enough
Everybody
Everybody Else
Felt
First
First Time
Give
Give Me
He
Him
Hit
Lucky
Me
Pitcher
Stepped
Throw
Time
Umpire
Wanted
Watch
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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.
~ Reggie Jackson
Against
Always
Baltimore
Bottom
Count
Gave
Going
Led
Little
Me
Ninth
Off
Playing
Score
Stadium
Trouble
Were
Who
Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
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