Best quotes by Reggie Jackson on Me

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

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

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

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

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• ‟ When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. I led off against Tippy Martinez - a little left-hander who always gave me trouble - and the count went to three-and-oh.

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• ‟ When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. The pitcher was there to throw me a ball to hit. The catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn't give me what I wanted the first time. And the umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch.

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• ‟ The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had to fight for any bit of control I could get. I expected the umpire, the catcher, and the pitcher to wait on me. I wanted to get ready on my time.

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• ‟ I'm a businessman. I bring my bat and glove and attache case to the office and go to work. I don't give a damn if the other workers at the office like me or not.

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• ‟ Nature is extremely important to me. Which may be just about the only trouble I'll have in New York. I'll miss the trees!

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• ‟ I never had an understanding of Billy Martin. I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there.

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• ‟ Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.

  - Reggie Jackson