Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best. Reggie Jackson More Quotes by Reggie Jackson More Quotes From Reggie Jackson A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that. Reggie Jackson swingsbaseballlittles I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it Reggie Jackson adversityfailuresuccess Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me. Reggie Jackson magnitudeunderestimatesometimes 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. Reggie Jackson successsportscharacter 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. Reggie Jackson yankeestryingideas I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care. Reggie Jackson caresportspeople I'm the straw that stirs the drink. Reggie Jackson new-york-yankeesdrinkyankees If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me. Reggie Jackson yankeesnew-yorknames 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. Reggie Jackson knackbelievethinking 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. Reggie Jackson zerosportsmean The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. Reggie Jackson knacksportsthinking Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch. Reggie Jackson baseballmotivationalpeople Fans don't boo nobodies. Reggie Jackson motivationalinspirationalsports 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. Reggie Jackson mlbice-creambaseball 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. Reggie Jackson role-modelskidspeople The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it. Reggie Jackson will-to-winwinningsports Hitting is better than sex. Reggie Jackson baseballsportssex I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose. Reggie Jackson beatenhatemind The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint. Reggie Jackson glovesbaseballgold Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick. Reggie Jackson kidsschoolthinking
