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
never-settle realizing settling
Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.
baseball famous-baseball i-am-the-best
I am the best in baseball.
guy faces bed
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.
baseball people parks
Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.
believe thinking knack
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.
hate mind loses
I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.
ideas yankees trying
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.
thinking knack managers
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
kids role-models people
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.
sports zero mean
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.
inspirational motivational sports
Fans don't boo nobodies.
success character goal
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.
underestimate sometimes magnitude
Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.
adversity important requirements
I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it