Quotes from Rickey Henderson

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

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

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

I love talking about baserunning.

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?

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

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.

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

All I'm asking for is what I want.

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

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.

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

People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'

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

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

I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.