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 JacksonI 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 JacksonTrue success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.
Reggie JacksonAfter Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Reggie JacksonJust like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.
Reggie JacksonWhen you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.
Reggie JacksonSo many ideas come to you and you want to try them all, but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist colony, you don't know where to start.
Reggie JacksonI'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you.
Reggie JacksonWhen 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 JacksonI feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it
Reggie JacksonI was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.
Reggie JacksonYou 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 JacksonOnce you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.
Reggie JacksonI couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.
Reggie JacksonEvery hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.
Reggie JacksonThe greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Reggie JacksonA baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
Reggie JacksonIt's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.
Reggie JacksonThe only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
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