Top 57 Quotes About Rickey Henderson
#1. The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.
Jimmy Rollins
#2. Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.
Don Mattingly
#3. I've seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of the year while a .227-hitting, rapidly fossilizing Rickey Henderson staggered like a delirious marathoner toward 3,000 hits.
Stephen Rodrick
#6. I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.
Rickey Henderson
#7. I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.
Rickey Henderson
#8. 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
#9. 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
#12. 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
#13. 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
#14. 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.'
Rickey Henderson
#15. 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.
Rickey Henderson
#16. 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
#17. 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.
Rickey Henderson
#18. 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
#19. I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'
Rickey Henderson
#20. I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
Rickey Henderson
#21. 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
#22. I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.
Rickey Henderson
#23. The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.
Rickey Henderson
#24. 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
#25. I was stealing all the bases, and when you had to go to arbitration they said, 'You know, only the big boys make the money.' So I got to try and figure out how to hit a home run, too.
Rickey Henderson
#26. Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.
Rickey Henderson
#28. Let's see, for breakfast Rickey will have bacon and eggs, and grits if I can get 'em.
Rickey Henderson
#29. Nothing's impossible for Rickey. You don't have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.
Rickey Henderson
#30. People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.
Rickey Henderson
#31. Rickey was never motivated by stats. He was motivated by numbers. Wins, runs, steals.
Rickey Henderson
#32. Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there.
Rickey Henderson
#35. I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.
Rickey Henderson
#37. To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.
Rickey Henderson
#39. Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.
Rickey Henderson
#41. 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.
Rickey Henderson
#42. 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
#43. Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.
Rickey Henderson
#44. This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.
Rickey Henderson
#45. Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.
Rickey Henderson
#46. If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.
Rickey Henderson
#47. If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.
Rickey Henderson
#48. I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.
Rickey Henderson
#49. My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.
Rickey Henderson
#50. Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
Rickey Henderson
#51. In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.
Rickey Henderson
#53. 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
#54. To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.
Rickey Henderson
#55. I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.
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#57. You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.
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