“I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.” — Reggie Jackson Quote

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

“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.”

“I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.”

“I genuinely haven't really had a rebellious phase. I think it's just because of the way I was brought up. I think it's because I left home when I was ten years old.”

“I did a book signing when we were in New York the day before yesterday. A lady came through and she was just weeping, and said, 'I wish this would have been brought out sooner, my sister is in prison for suffocating her child.'”

“I was brought up on a farm in Oxford but my parents always had a flat in London, and we'd go to pretty smart restaurants, so it's always seemed important to eat well.”