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

    Winning   Guy   Firsts  
  • Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

    Limos  
    "SPOTLIGHT; Rickey Will Say What Rickey Says" by Richard Sandomir, archive.nytimes.com. July 26, 2009.
  • I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.

    Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.
  • A good friend of mine took me out and had me hit off a tee. He made me understand what was my strike zone and - with my speed - the importance of making contact. So I give him a lot of credit for changing my game and making me the player I became. He showed me how to work on me and my game, and not worry about patterning myself after someone else and focusing on what they were capable of doing rather than what I was capable of doing.

    "AN Interviews Rickey Henderson". Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.
  • When I was a little-leaguer, I was sort of famous for stealing bases - and it started only because my mom wanted to be sure where I was in the afternoons. Mom always used to say, "If you don't come home dirty, you didn't play a baseball game." So I always tried to get in a situation where I had to slide so that I could go home dirty.

    Mom   Baseball   Dirty  
    Source: business.highbeam.com
  • This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

    Baseball   Play   Calling  
    "Rickey Henderson A Steal for the Mets" by Tim Marchman, www.nysun.com. July 13, 2007.
  • Somehow, I've been blessed to be able to have the young spirit inside - not feel like every year I get a year older. I feel like every year I get a year younger. I don't wake up in the morning with aches and pains.

    Morning   Pain   Blessed  
  • I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.

    Smart   Thinking   Games  
  • Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

    Cds   Albums  
  • People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

    People   Reason   Plates  
  • 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.

    Thinking   Way   My Way  
    Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.
  • Today I am the greatest of all time.

    Rickey Henderson, John Shea (1993). “Off Base: Confessions of a Thief”, Harpercollins
  • My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

    Mom   Baseball   Football  
    Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, delivered 26 July 2009, Cooperstown, OH
  • If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

    Baseball   Dirty   Games  
  • 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.

    Baseball   Player   Games  
    Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.
  • All I'm asking for is what I want.

    Sports   Dumb   Asking  
  • 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?

    Cocky   Mean   Games  
  • Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't do that. But I can get on first base and I can tell you by his move if that pitcher is going to first base or home plate every time.

    Moving   Home   Guy  
  • You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.

  • My journey as a player is complete.

    Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, delivered 26 July 2009, Cooperstown, OH
  • Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.

    Today   Stealers  
  • I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

    "A Rickey Reunion?". Interview with Susan Slusser, www.sfgate.com. May 18, 2007.
  • When I was growing up, my favorite player was Reggie Jackson - and I never got the opportunity to get an autograph from Reggie. I was so frustrated. I mean, he was my idol. And I couldn't get no autograph. I would go through punishment waiting on him (after games) because he was always the last guy to come out. And I would go back home with no autograph.

    Growing Up   Home   Mean  
  • I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.

    Baseball   Fun   Games  
    Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.
  • I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.

    Games   Wanted  
  • If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.

    Play   Pay   Like Mike  
  • I'm a walking record.

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

  • I love talking about baserunning.

    Talking  
  • 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.

    Horse   Hats   Bulls  
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    Rickey Henderson

    • Born: December 25, 1958
    • Occupation: Baseball player