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Reggie Jackson
American
Athlete
Born:
May 18
,
1946
Baseball
Great
Me
People
Time
You
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I'm a businessman. I bring my bat and glove and attache case to the office and go to work. I don't give a damn if the other workers at the office like me or not.
Reggie Jackson
Work
Me
Damn
Other
Bat
Case
Give
Like
Glove
Go
Office
Workers
Businessman
Bring
The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.
Reggie Jackson
You
Win
Will
Worthless
Get
Paid
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
Reggie Jackson
Finely
More
Instrument
Repetition
Very
After
Tuned
Little
Then
Swing
Baseball
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
Reggie Jackson
Great
Me
Skin
Other
Those
Only
Only Difference
Color
Between
Yankees
Difference
Skin Color
Fans don't boo nobodies.
Reggie Jackson
Sports
Fans
Boo
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.
Reggie Jackson
Me
You
Rest
Face
Before
Guy
Only
He
Nolan
Nolan Ryan
Without
Makes
Bed
Go
Against
Midnight
Your
If you can't see the rotation and tell if it's a sink - a fastball, then you have to be able to tell whether that fastball is a two-seamer or a four-seamer. You have to be able to recognize if it's a slider or a curveball. You have to be able to recognize if it's a changeup or a split-finger.
Reggie Jackson
You
Slider
Recognize
Tell
See
Able
Sink
Whether
Then
Rotation
Fastball
I never had an understanding of Billy Martin. I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there.
Reggie Jackson
Me
Thought
Understanding
Anti-Semitism
Way
Martin
Never
Had
He
Accept
Did
Billy
Ken
Everybody's got a Reggie story.
Reggie Jackson
Everybody
Got
Story
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.
Reggie Jackson
Truth
Good
Before
Interview
Ears
Say
Able
Someone
Something
Voice
Uncomfortable
Read
Opinion
Always
Hear
Been
Going
Just
Happen
Quote
Why
Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.
Reggie Jackson
Me
You
People
Black
Made
Hair
Leader
Nation
Young
Ali
Black America
Color
He
Idea
Proud
Times
America
Any
Ashamed
Meant
No. No, no, no, no, Blyleven wasn't even the dominant pitcher of his era - it was Jack Morris.
Reggie Jackson
Morris
Era
His
Dominant
Jack
Pitcher
Even
Lee May's about the same age as me; he's got about the same stats. So how come he's making about one-eighty, two hundred thousand, and I'm the best damn paid player in the game? I'll tell you why: Because I put the meat in the seats!
Reggie Jackson
Best
Me
You
Game
Age
Damn
Hundred
Tell
Thousand
About
He
Put
Come
Because
Got
How
Making
Lee
Same
Same Age
May
Paid
Meat
Why
Seats
Player
Two
Billy Martin was a human tragedy, in the real sense of the words.
Reggie Jackson
Words
Sense
Martin
Real
Tragedy
Human
Real Sense
Billy
When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.
Reggie Jackson
Great
You
Struggle
You Can Do It
People
Think
Back
Bit
Great Player
Push
Drives
Wonder
Little
Little Bit
Successful
Right
Player
Being a superstar... can make life very difficult, difficult to grow. So I like to visit with my friends, listen to some fine music, drink some good wine, perhaps take a ride in the country in a fine car, or... just walk along the beach.
Reggie Jackson
Life
Music
Good
Ride
Walk
Car
Wine
Country
Difficult
Visit
Fine
Some
Beach
Drink
Superstar
Take
Along
Like
Perhaps
Make
Friends
Very
Listen
Just
Being
Grow
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.
Reggie Jackson
Buy
People
Building
Avenue
Live
Out
Ten
Park
Could
Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Ball
None
Yankees
Hit
Stadium
Them
Who
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.
Reggie Jackson
Ten
Ten Years
Years
Off
Human
Baseball
Baseball Player
Jerk
Butt
Played
Player
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Reggie Jackson
Better
Think
Knack
Greatest
Making
Than
Manager
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
Reggie Jackson
History
Black
Important
Most
Robinson
Jackie
Jackie Robinson
Jackson
The Most Important
After
Mean
Really
Baseball
Baseball History
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.
Reggie Jackson
Time
Business
Money
Losing
Trouble
Out
Would
Stay
Athletes
Give
Up
Owner
Owners
Hard
Figuring
Hard Time
Why
Believing
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
Reggie Jackson
God
Me
You
Everybody
Please
Tell
Hit
Did
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
Reggie Jackson
Myself
World
Only
Like
Reason
Series
Play
Watch
World Series
Playing
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
You
Game
Gone
Bat
Ten
Ten Years
Do You Know
Know
Gotten
Years
Times
Hits
Really
Means
Zero
Played
Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.
Reggie Jackson
Great
Game
Ninety
Minutes
Could
Throw
Had
He
Ball
Pitch
Breaking
Ken
When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. I led off against Tippy Martinez - a little left-hander who always gave me trouble - and the count went to three-and-oh.
Reggie Jackson
Me
Trouble
Inning
Gave
Ninth
Count
Bottom
Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Always
Were
Score
Led
Off
Baltimore
Going
Stadium
Against
Little
Who
Playing
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