I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.

I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.

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

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.

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

I told myself that if I ever make it to the big leagues that I would be the one to appreciate the fans. Take a little time out to sign autographs and shake their hands and say hello to them.

Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam.

I'm only human, and I bleed when I fall down.

There's no question that Donald Trump has had ample opportunity to distance himself from the kind of racist language that comes from some of his supporters.

As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife.

My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.

Art should be concerned more with life than with art.

Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street

After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him.