Rickey Henderson

“I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.”

“I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'”

“I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.”

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

“I'm disappointed about how my career ended.”

“I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.”

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

“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.'”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.”