Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.

If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.

It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.

This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.

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

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