Rickey Henderson Quotes

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Running, Safe

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Toes, Impossible, Enough

  "Rickey Henderson – Razzball Interview". Interview with Rudy Gamble, razzball.com. December 26, 2008.

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Running, Winning, Numbers

  "Rickey Henderson – Razzball Interview". Interview with Rudy Gamble, razzball.com. December 26, 2008.

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Play, Calling

  "Rickey Henderson A Steal for the Mets" by Tim Marchman, www.nysun.com. July 13, 2007.

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• Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

  Rickey Henderson

  Cds, Albums

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Dirty, Games

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Limos

  "SPOTLIGHT; Rickey Will Say What Rickey Says" by Richard Sandomir, archive.nytimes.com. July 26, 2009.

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• 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, Hats, Bulls

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• All I'm asking for is what I want.

  Rickey Henderson

  Sports, Dumb, Asking

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• 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.

  Rickey Henderson

  Mom, Baseball, Dirty

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Winning, Guy, Firsts

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Worry, Stills

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Today, Stealers

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Play, Pay, Like Mike

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• 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

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Dream, Believe, Kids

  Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, delivered 26 July 2009, Cooperstown, OH

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• Today I am the greatest of all time.

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Today, All Time

  Rickey Henderson, John Shea (1993). “Off Base: Confessions of a Thief”, Harpercollins

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

  Rickey Henderson

  People, Reason, Plates

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Impact, Games, Going Out

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Eggs, Ems, Grit

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Kids, Want, Millionaire

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

  Rickey Henderson

  Baseball, Fun, Games

  Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.

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• I told myself that if I ever make it to the big leagues that I would be the one to appreciate the fans. Take a little time out to sign autographs and shake their hands and say hello to them.

  Rickey Henderson

  Hands, Appreciate, League

  Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.

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• 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.

  Rickey Henderson

  Growing Up, Home, Mean

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• I patterned myself after Reggie Jackson. I wanted to have that same swing and hit some homeruns. When I was down in A-ball, I was trying to be Reggie Jackson and I was striking out all the time. And I was like, 'This isn't the way Reggie is doing it, so I got to change.'

  Rickey Henderson

  Swings, Trying, Balls

  Interview with Donald Marquez, www.athleticsnation.com. May 7, 2012.

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