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

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 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 don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.

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

I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.

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