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I'm a walking record.
I love talking about baserunning.
All I'm asking for is what I want.
My journey as a player is complete.
Today I am the greatest of all time.
I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.
Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.
Don't worry, Rickey, you're still the best.
I'm disappointed about how my career ended.
I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.
When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.
I'm already in the (record) books three or four times.
Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.
Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.
I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.
Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.
The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.
Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.
In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.
You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.
My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.
I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.
Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.
I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.
This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.
I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.
If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.
I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.
If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.
If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.
I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'
Rickey was never motivated by stats. He was motivated by numbers. Wins, runs, steals.
Let's see, for breakfast Rickey will have bacon and eggs, and grits if I can get 'em.
I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.
People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.
I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
Nothing's impossible for Rickey. You don't have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.
I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.
To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.
Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.
I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.
People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself.
The only thing I wish I could figure out is how I got misunderstood regarding the type of person I really am and what I accomplished.
Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.
Speeches and me don't get along sometimes. It is kind of like putting a tie too tight on my neck. I'm going to do whatever feels right.
I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.
I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.
Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?
It's always exciting that you can rub elbows with some of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and just being around the "family" again from baseball.