143 Quotes by Reggie Jackson

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.

Nature is extremely important to me. Which may be just about the only trouble I'll have in New York. I'll miss the trees!

I do everything as honestly as I can. I give all I have to give. But I don't let people get in my way.

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.

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

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.

Everybody's got a Reggie 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.