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.' It's a goddamn shame.

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

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.

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

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.

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