Speeches And Me Don't Get

When I Was A Little-leaguer, I Was Sort Of Famous For Stealing Bases - And It Started Only Because My Mom Wanted To Be Sure Where I Was In The Afternoons. Mom Always Used To Say, "if You Don't Come Home Dirty, You Didn't Play A Baseball Game." So I Always Tried To Get In A Situation Where I Had To Slide So That I Could Go Home Dirty.

Certain Guys, They Can See A Guy Do A Certain Thing With Their Glove And Know What Pitch Is Coming. I Couldn't Do That. But I Can Get On First Base And I Can Tell You By His Move If That Pitcher Is Going To First Base Or Home Plate Every Time.

I'm Disappointed About How My Career Ended.

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.'

Nothing's Impossible For Rickey. You Don't Have Enough Fingers And Toes To Count Out Rickey.