More - Reggie Jackson Quotes

Every 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 how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.

Reggie Jackson

 

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

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The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

Reggie Jackson

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This should be a 900-plus [runs scored] team. It could be the best offensive team of the recent era. But it's not the best offense ever.

Reggie Jackson

 

For a certain amount of money, you'll eat Alpo.

Reggie Jackson

 

I told him, as long as you have a bat in your hand, you can rewrite the story. Instead of just talking to a writer, you can write the story.

Reggie Jackson

 

I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.

Reggie Jackson

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October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.

Reggie Jackson

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Hip dislocation, or whatever you call it, is minor compared to what I would have expected because I think he's closer to 100 than he is to 90.

Reggie Jackson

 

I got to be very close to Gene as a player and after I retired, ... I think I probably stayed in closer contact with him than most.

Reggie Jackson