Reggie Jackson
I do everything as honestly as I can. I give all I have to give. But I don't let people get in my way.
I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.
I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.
I've always been able to hear and read what I say before I say it. That's why I'm a good quote. Or a good interview. If I say something that's uncomfortable for someone's ears, it's going to be the truth; I just happen to voice it. But it's the truth. It's not my opinion.
Misconception Number 1, the public always thought, 'Reggie has a massive ego; he's narcissistic, he's cocky, he needs everyone to look at him all the time,' because that's what the media told them. Wrong. I could handle the attention. I didn't let the attention affect my performance. But I never needed the attention.
This is what happens when you get old and have a couple of bucks. You go back and try to be young again.
No. No, no, no, no, Blyleven wasn't even the dominant pitcher of his era - it was Jack Morris.
I didn't see Kirby Puckett as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Gary Carter as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Don Sutton as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Phil Niekro as a Hall of Famer. As much as I like Jim Rice, I'm not so sure he's a Hall of Famer.
I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.
I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept itCollection: Success
Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.Collection: Underestimate
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.Collection: Success
I'm the straw that stirs the drink.Collection: Yankees
Home run hitters strike out a lot.Collection: Running
Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.Collection: Never Settle
So 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.Collection: Yankees
I'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.Collection: Believe
Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.Collection: Motivational
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 what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.Collection: Baseball
Just 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.Collection: School
I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.Collection: Sports
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.Collection: Kids
The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.Collection: Baseball
When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.Collection: Beautiful
There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.Collection: Play
It'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.Collection: New York
October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.Collection: Inspirational
People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.Collection: Hate
The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum cards will be lawyers.Collection: Years
The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.Collection: Yankees