143 Quotes by Reggie Jackson

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player.

I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

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.