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

Somehow, I've been blessed to be able to have the young spirit inside - not feel like every year I get a year older. I feel like every year I get a year younger. I don't wake up in the morning with aches and pains.

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.'

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

The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.

Today I am the greatest of all time.

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.