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

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.

I'm a walking record.

I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.

A good friend of mine took me out and had me hit off a tee. He made me understand what was my strike zone and - with my speed - the importance of making contact. So I give him a lot of credit for changing my game and making me the player I became. He showed me how to work on me and my game, and not worry about patterning myself after someone else and focusing on what they were capable of doing rather than what I was capable of doing.

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

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