Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jacksonis 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. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1946
CountryUnited States of America
color differences yankees
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
sports yankees yankee-stadium
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.
baseball ice-cream mlb
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.
play managers
There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.
sports inspirational-sports let-me
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
new-york boys bruises
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.
running perseverance home
Home run hitters strike out a lot.
funny baseball mean
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
drink straws
I'm the straw that stirs the drink.
ruth lucky babe
Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
baseball gold way
The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.
years gum next-year
The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum cards will be lawyers.
baseball sex hitting
Hitting is better than sex.
never-settle realizing settling
Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.