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

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.

I love talking about baserunning.

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

Today I am the greatest of all time.

The only thing I wish I could figure out is how I got misunderstood regarding the type of person I really am and what I accomplished.

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