Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for pl... by Reggie Jackson

Once you realize how good you really are, you never settle for playing less than your best.

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It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

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I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me... by Reggie Jackson

I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.

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

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I am the best in baseball. by Reggie Jackson

I am the best in baseball.

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Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it. by Reggie Jackson

Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.

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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.

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October: that's when they pay off for playing ball. by Reggie Jackson

October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.

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The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is m... by Reggie Jackson

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

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Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky. by Reggie Jackson

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

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The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum card... by Reggie Jackson

The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum cards will be lawyers.

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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.

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Home run hitters strike out a lot. by Reggie Jackson

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

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The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can... by Reggie Jackson

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

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The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled e... by Reggie Jackson

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

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After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

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People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.

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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.

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There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for. by Reggie Jackson

There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.

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For the most part, we came out and competed and we definitely mad... by Reggie Jackson

For the most part, we came out and competed and we definitely made them feel us.

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The ball just got stuck and San Antonio made us pay for not making them work, they continued to find good shots and forced us into bad shots and turnovers. We stopped moving the ball. Sometime you think you have a shot you think you can make when you should make the pass instead -- we were guilty of that tonight.

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