Listen: People are always saying, 'Rickey says Rickey.' But it's been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I'm ticked off, saying, 'Rickey, what the heck are you doing, Rickey?' They say, 'Darn, Rickey, what are you saying Rickey for? Why don't you just say, 'I?' But I never did. I always said, 'Rickey,' and it become something for people to joke about.

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.

I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.

I love talking about baserunning.

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

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

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.