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

I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.

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

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

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