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.

I'm already in the (record) books three or four times.

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

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

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.'

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

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