The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
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 JacksonAfter Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
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 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 Jackson