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.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

I love talking about baserunning.

I patterned myself after Reggie Jackson. I wanted to have that same swing and hit some homeruns. When I was down in A-ball, I was trying to be Reggie Jackson and I was striking out all the time. And I was like, 'This isn't the way Reggie is doing it, so I got to change.'

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.

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