Rickey Henderson famous quotes

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

#Running #Baseball #Safe

Rickey was never motivated by stats. He was motivated by numbers. Wins, runs, steals.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Running #Winning #Numbers

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Cds #Albums

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

#Toes #Impossible #Enough

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

#Baseball #Dirty #Games

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

#Jobs #Crazy

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

#Oakland #Uniforms #Colorful

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

#Today #Stealers

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Baseball #Father #Athlete

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Mom #Mother #Dream

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

#Names #Firsts #Birth

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Morning #Pain #Blessed

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

#Winning #Guy #Firsts

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

#Games #Impact #Going Out

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

#Sports #Dumb #Wells

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Moving #Home #Guy

I love talking about baserunning.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Talking

I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Games #Wanted

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

#League #Special #Exciting

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Careers #Disappointed

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Player #Opportunity #Games

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

#Numbers #People #Looks

Listen: People are always saying, 'Rickey says Rickey.' But it's been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I'm ticked off, saying, 'Rickey, what the heck are you doing, Rickey?' They say, 'Darn, Rickey, what are you saying Rickey for? Why don't you just say, 'I?' But I never did. I always said, 'Rickey,' and it become something for people to joke about.
-- Rickey Henderson

#People #Might #Way

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

#Dream #Believe #Kids

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

#People #Reason #Plates

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.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Horse #Bulls #Hats

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

#Book #Four #Three

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

#Baseball #Play #Want

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

#Worry #Stills

Today I am the greatest of all time.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Baseball #Today #All Time

Let's see, for breakfast Rickey will have bacon and eggs, and grits if I can get 'em.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Eggs #Breakfast #Ems

All I'm asking for is what I want.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Sports #Dumb #Want

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

#Kids #Want #Millionaire

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

#Limos

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

#Baseball #Eye #Body

It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Baseball #Book #Honor

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?
-- Rickey Henderson

#Cocky #Mean #Games

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

#Baseball #Home #Oakland

I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.
-- Rickey Henderson

#Stealing #Ready #Stills

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

#Smart #Thinking #Games

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

#Baseball #Retiring #Retired