Rickey Henderson quotes...

julen23

I love this guy, for all the right reasons too!

Henderson was known for being an illeist; teammates reported seeing Henderson standing naked in front of a mirror before a game, practicing his swing, and declaring, "Rickey's the best! Rickey's the best!"

J

ps: Illeism is the act of referring to oneself in the third person.

MeteoriteGuy

Rickey rocks!

pandrews

mmsportscards

hIlarious

hofautos

I like the time when the accountant had a problem balancing their books, when they realized Rickey had a check for a hundred thousand dollars (don't really recall the exact amount), and had it framed and hung it on his wall.

Pete14Rose

Rickey was a beast!

I need to get him to sign the ball in my sig

Ladder7

In 1996, Henderson’s first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Steve Finley said, “You have tenure, sit wherever you want.” Henderson looked at Finley and said, “Ten years? Ricky’s been playing at least 16, 17 years.”

CDsNuts

"Hello, my name is Rickey Henderson. Nice to meet you."

TheVon

I always liked the story of when Rickey came to play with the Mets (in '99 I think) and when he was "meeting" John Olerud he asked him why he wore a helmet in the field. After Olerud explained the circumstances Rickey said, "I used to play with a guy that had something like that." To which Olerud replied, "Yeah, Rickey, that was me."

clydecoolidge

Wow, this has the potential to rival the Chuck Norris thingys.

jrinck

All your stolen base are belong to Rickey Henderson

pandrews

<< <i>All your stolen base are belong to Rickey Henderson >>

crbatt

I'm 12 years old at a spring training game. I left my seat to go to the bathroom, and walked by the batting cage under the stands. Rickey is leaning on the cage, by himself, staring into space, apparently waiting for a pitcher to come throw balls to him. Literally doing nothing. I'm 5 feet away and happened to have my ticket and a pen in my pocket. He was one of my favorite players. I asked "Mr. Henderson, can I please have your autograph?"

"No kid, can't you see I'm busy?"

RipublicaninMass

"my condo is so nice in NYC I can see the ENTIRE State Building"


-That was in my sig line for a while!

VitoCo1972

A reporter asked Henderson if Ken Caminiti's estimate that 50 percent of Major League players were taking steroids was accurate. His response was, "Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there."

julen23

sick.

ken caminiti had to have testicular surgery to get his baby-teeth sized testicles to re-ascend thanks to the .

j

JackWESQ

Like I said, how can Rickey's induction speech NOT be the most highly anticipated/entertaining event ever to hit Cooperstown? I can't wait till next year.

/s/ JackWESQ

ArchStanton

"Rickey be Rickey."


...and I'm down with that. I've met him twice, and I don't believe he could have been more polite.

hofautos

I just checked, and it was a check for a MILLION DOLLARS....could you imagine hanging a million dollar check on the wall....ugghghgh and that was in 1996...
----
excerpt
In the early 1980s, the Oakland A’s accounting department was freaking out. The books were off $1 million. After an investigation, it was determined Rickey was the reason why. The GM asked him about a $1 million bonus he had received and Rickey said instead of cashing it, he framed it and hung it on a wall at his house
----



<< <i>I like the time when the accountant had a problem balancing their books, when they realized Rickey had a check for a hundred thousand dollars (don't really recall the exact amount), and had it framed and hung it on his wall.

>>

hofautos

<< <i>Like I said, how can Rickey's induction speech NOT be the most highly anticipated/entertaining event ever to hit Cooperstown? I can't wait till next year.

/s/ JackWESQ >>



I think most of the stories we have heard over the years are old...I wonder if he still talks in 3rd person today? He may have heard all the stories about him so much that he worked on his method of delivery? Any one hear if he still does that or other crazy things he says besides all of the old stories and quotes?

Clemaz

<< <i>I always liked the story of when Rickey came to play with the Mets (in '99 I think) and when he was "meeting" John Olerud he asked him why he wore a helmet in the field. After Olerud explained the circumstances Rickey said, "I used to play with a guy that had something like that." To which Olerud replied, "Yeah, Rickey, that was me." >>




I have always liked that story but according to Rickey and Olerud it never happened.

pandrews

<< <i>
I have always liked that story but according to Rickey and Olerud it never happened. >>



most of the stories about Rickey are untrue.. but they're funny..

70chip

Back in 98 Rickey was playing for the A's and they came to Baltimore. I was dating my then future and now ex-wife and I took her to her first Orioles game at Camden Yards. In the first few innings I kinda gave her the tour of the park and we walked throughout the stadium so she could check it out. We got out to left field around the top of section 80 and stood there looking at the field as the A's pitcher warmed up before the inning. Rickey was in left and was checking out the crowd. My ex was is a blonde and it looked like Rickey was checking her out. He was looking right at us so I gave him a "whats up" head nod and he nodded back to us, smiled then turned around to get ready to watch the game. My ex and I both started laughing and we realized she was being checked out by Rickey. We both got plenty of laughs from that one. Ahhh, the memories......

CDsNuts

Just think, she could've taken half of Rickey's stuff instead of half of yours.