Reggie Jackson Quotes

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

Reggie Jackson

Success, Failure, Adversity

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Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

Reggie Jackson

Underestimate, Sometimes, Magnitude

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

Reggie Jackson

Baseball, Swings, Littles

Reggie Jackson, Mike Lupica (1985). “Reggie”, Ballantine Books

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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.

Reggie Jackson

Success, Sports, Character

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I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Reggie Jackson

Yankees, Drink, New York Yankees

Reggie Jackson, Kevin Baker (2013). “Becoming Mr. October”, p.97, Anchor

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Fans don't boo nobodies.

Reggie Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Home run hitters strike out a lot.

Reggie Jackson

Running, Perseverance, Home

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

Reggie Jackson

Sports, People, Care

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

Reggie Jackson

Never Settle, Realizing, Settling

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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.

Reggie Jackson

Yankees, Ideas, Trying

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Reggie Jackson

Believe, Thinking, Knack

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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

Sports, Zero, Mean

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

Reggie Jackson

Hate, Mind, Beaten

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

Reggie Jackson

Motivational, Baseball, People

Quoted in N.Y. Times, 1 Jan. 1978

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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.

Reggie Jackson

Baseball, Ice Cream, Mlb

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

Reggie Jackson

New York, Yankees, Names

Quoted in Wash. Post, 15 Apr. 1976

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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.

Reggie Jackson

School, Kids, Thinking

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

Reggie Jackson

Sports, New York, Stars

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

Reggie Jackson

Kids, People, Role Models

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Hitting is better than sex.

Reggie Jackson

Sports, Baseball, Sex

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

Reggie Jackson

Sports, Winning, Will To Win

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

Reggie Jackson

Baseball, Gold, Gloves

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Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

Reggie Jackson

Sports, Lucky, Ruth

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

Reggie Jackson

Sports, Thinking, Knack

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

Reggie Jackson

Sports, Inspirational Sports, Let Me

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Born: May 18, 1946
Occupation: Baseball player
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