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My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.
Rickey Henderson
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Rickey Henderson
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 25
Baseball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Rickey Henley Henderson
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I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
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When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.
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Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.
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I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.
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People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.
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It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.
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All I'm asking for is what I want.
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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.'
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I don't think some of the players understand what the people are about. The people are coming out to show you their appreciation of the game, and the player that you are.
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I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.
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I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.
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I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.
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You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.
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If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.
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To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.
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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.
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I love talking about baserunning.
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I'm already in the (record) books three or four times.
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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.
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I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'
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