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

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.

Finding a wife is easy

Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.

CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

In Europe, the houses and the apartments are getting smaller. So there is no need to increase the screen because the apartment is becoming smaller.

Leave it to you to find beauty in something others would say ruins a day.

Scenery can be a violent stimulant.

I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!