Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

True 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.

I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

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

I 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.