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.

Reggie Jackson

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

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I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

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Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me. by Reggie Jackson

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

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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.

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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.

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I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion peop... by Reggie Jackson

I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

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I'm the straw that stirs the drink. by Reggie Jackson

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

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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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If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me. by Reggie Jackson

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

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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.

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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.

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

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Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch. by Reggie Jackson

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

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Fans don't boo nobodies. by Reggie Jackson

Fans don't boo nobodies.

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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.

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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.

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The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it. by Reggie Jackson

The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.

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Hitting is better than sex. by Reggie Jackson

Hitting is better than sex.

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I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose. by Reggie Jackson

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

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The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray... by Reggie Jackson

The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.

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