Rickey Henderson Quotes

How are you gonna score if somebody doesn't drive in the runs?

I have said many times I play for the team to help the team win the games. That is the most important thing for me.

In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

I think the most important thing is to play to help the team, winning the games - that is the main thing for me.

For anyone, the most important thing is to play good, to perform good, to score goals for your team.

I want to score more goals, to play more games, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that the team wins. The other things come with that.

I don't really care how many yards I throw for; as long as we score more points than the guys we're playing.

It's about winning games and scoring as many goals as possible.

Most one run games are lost, not won.

If you win while scoring goals, then you leave happy, but the most important thing is always the team. I do not think just of me.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

Of course managers win ball games.

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.

My primary job is to score runs and make KKR win, and that's what I am trying to do. Rest, I don't think too much. That's how I have always played my game.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

Winning the game is the single most important thing. If you go 0-for-4, but you catch a shutout or a one-run game, and your pitcher goes seven, eight innings, and the closer closes out the game, that's the ultimate satisfaction for a catcher. Much more than going 4-for-4 and losing.