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Reggie Jackson Biography

Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

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There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.

Billy, Manager, Managers, Martin, Play

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

Care, China, Lose, People, Sports, Strike

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.

Ideas, Know, Nudist, Trying, Yankees

Hitting is better than sex.

Baseball, Hitting, Sex, Sports

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

George, Hustled, New York Yankees, Reason, Yankee, Yankees

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

Paid, Sports, Will To Win, Win, Winning, Worthless

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

Home, Perseverance, Run, Running, Strike

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.

Gone, Gotten, Mean, Sports, Zero

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.

Character, Consistent, Needs, Sports, Standard, Success

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Drink, New York Yankees, Stirs, Straw, Yankees

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

Baseball, Play, Reason, Sports, Watch, World

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

Ballplayers, Greatest, Knack, Manager, Sports, Thinking

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

Babe, Lucky, Ruth, Sports

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

Beaten, Hate, Lose, Mind

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.

Believe, Good, Knack, Manager, Tell, Thinking

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.

Baseball, Cream, Feels, Ice Cream, Mlb, Stuffing

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

Bar, Candy, Names, New York, Yankees, York

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.

Kids, Overdog, People, Quit, Role Models, Society

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

Baseball, Hear, Motivational, People, Pitch

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.

Athlete, Believe, Believing, Business, Give, Sports

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