Rickey Henderson Quotes

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.

To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.

I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.

I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.

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.

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

I'm already in the (record) books three or four times.

My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

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.

The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.

I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.

My journey as a player is complete.

Don't worry, Rickey, you're still the best.

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.

I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.

This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

All I'm asking for is what I want.

Today I am the greatest of all time.

Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.

I did so many things that made me a threat.

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.

When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.

Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.

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.

I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.

In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.

Nothing's impossible for Rickey. You don't have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.

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 want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.

I love talking about baserunning.

To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.