Reggie Jackson's Quotes

Fans don't boo nobodies.

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

Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.

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

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

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.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

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

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

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.

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.

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

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

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.

Hitting is better than sex.

I am the best in baseball.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.

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

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

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

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.

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.