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

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.

Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.

When we will learn to emulate the peacefulness of a tree, love of a flower, the earth will be a garden of love and peace.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.

Why does one exist? That's not my problem. One does exist. The thing to do is to take no notice but go at it on the run and to keep on going right on until you die.

I never know what the hell I'm writing about, I never know what the next thing I'm writing about is, I never have a plan.