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Reggie Jackson
American
Athlete
About the author
I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Mind
#Hate
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,
American
Athlete
#Years
#Baseball
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#Repetition
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#History
Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Fans
Hitting is better than sex.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Sex
I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
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,
American
Athlete
#Time
#Trouble
#Money
#Losing
#Business
#Athletes
I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#People
#Care
I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Light
#Fire
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,
American
Athlete
#Thought
#Clarity
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,
American
Athlete
#People
#Building
#Yankee
You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Fun
I am the best in baseball.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
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,
American
Athlete
#Years
The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Gold
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#World
#Play
#Reason
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Difference
#Skin
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#Manager
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#God
October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.
Reggie Jackson,
American
Athlete
#October
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,
American
Athlete
#Rest
#Bed
#Midnight