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The way things are going the faces on next year's bubble-gum cards will be lawyers.
Reggie Jackson
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Reggie Jackson
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 18
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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.
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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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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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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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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 only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.
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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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The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.
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Fans don't boo nobodies.
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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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Hitting is better than sex.
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October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.
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Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
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Home run hitters strike out a lot.
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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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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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I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.
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I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.
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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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Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.
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