Reggie Jackson

Athlete

1946-05-18

Quotes by Reggie Jackson

• Fans don't boo nobodies.

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

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• 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.

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• 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 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.

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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.

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

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

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

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