Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

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.

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.

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

Now I know

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them

An empty throne always tempts me.

I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.

Country, blues, rock 'n' roll, these are things that anybody can sing - male, female, person of color. From wherever you are in the world, you can sing this.

We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life.

Hate is too strong of an emotion to waste on someone you don’t like