Reggie Jackson

“There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable a...”

“When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win one, I'd try to make eye contact with the pitcher.”

“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...”

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

“The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When you hit a player in the head, you're more apt to get some fisticuffs or, you know, bring both teams out on the field, but it was more accepted that - in the '50s, '60s and '70s. I think...”

“You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.”

“Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.”

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

“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.”

“No. No, no, no, no, Blyleven wasn't even the dominant pitcher of his era - it was Jack Morris.”

“October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.”

“The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.”

“When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way. If I let the pitcher control it, it would give him an advantage.”

“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...”

“Billy Martin was a human tragedy, in the real sense of the words.”

“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 yo...”

“I couldn't accept the racial epithets in reference to players like Elliott Maddox or Billy Sample.”