Reggie Jackson Quotes

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

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

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'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

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

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

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.

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.

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

Hitting is better than sex.

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.

The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.

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

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