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Reggie Jackson
4 quotes
“Now, when we go into a park on the road people start booing me. You don't know how good that makes me feel. To me it means the fans recognize who I am and what I mean to my ball club. Fans don't boo nobodies.”
Reggie Jackson (born 1946) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "A's Jackson glad about 'boos'," in "The Chicago Defender" (April 23, 1974)
“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 how you feel when 's throwing balls by you. You just hope to mix in a walk so you can have a good night and only go 0-for-3.”
Reggie Jackson (born 1946) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Fastest Arm in the West" by Pete Axthelm, in Newsweek (June 16, 1975)
“I was 'colored' until I was 14, a Negro until I was 21 and a black man ever since.”
Reggie Jackson (born 1946) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We Have A Serious Problem That Isn't Going Away", Sports Illustrated, May 11, 1987.
“I did very little against two lefties, Mike Caldwell and Scott McGregor, for a few years anyway. Eventually, I caught up with both of them, though. It was really Jim Palmer who stands out in this context; I had some success against him overall, but he was so good in clutch situations that I never really hurt him when the game was on the line.”
Reggie Jackson (born 1946) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by Baseball's Immortals, from Ty Cobb to Willie Mays (1994), compiled by Nicholas Acoccella and Donald Dewey, p. 117