To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
My impact on the game was going out there and making things happen.
I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
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.
If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.
If they're going to pay me like [Mike] Gallego, I'm going to play like Gallego.
Listen: People are always saying, 'Rickey says Rickey. ' But it's been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I'm ticked off, saying, 'Rickey, what the heck are you doing, Rickey?' They say, 'Darn, Rickey, what are you saying Rickey for? Why don't you just say, 'I?' But I never did. I always said, 'Rickey,' and it become something for people to joke about.
When skies are hanged and oceans drowned, the single secret will still be man
THE POISON TREE I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water'd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veil'd the pole: In the morning glad I see My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.
Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.
Success is the potential destiny of all created things