Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes

Ken Griffey Jr.

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 21, 1969

I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Injuries are a part of the game.

Ken Griffey Jr.

There are more second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and so on in the big leagues than first-round picks.

Ken Griffey Jr.

You're only a first-round pick for one year.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I'd have probably gone to Michigan. Only because one of my friends, Vada Murray, who passed away, went to Michigan and as a freshman and sophomore he was my big brother at Moeller.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I just try to keep normal days, day in and day out.

Ken Griffey Jr.

It's not what one person does. One person is going to get to be the star of the game. But it might have been the guy who got the guy over that's the real star of the game.

Ken Griffey Jr.

We're here for one reason, and that's to win ballgames. You're going to have your feuding in there. But that is not going to carry over to the field. That's just the way it is.

Ken Griffey Jr.

When I came home, my kids wouldn't know if I went 0-for-4 or 4-for-4. I do not like to lose at anything, but I wouldn't be angry all day... Once I left the stadium, it was over with.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Most of the people that I still talk to and hang out with, to them, I'm just Ken.

Ken Griffey Jr.

A lot of my friends and guys who I have watched and grew up with and who have been at my house are Hall of Famers, and I just know them as Ozzie Smith, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield... I know these guys like my older brothers and uncles, the guys who took care of me.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I guess for me, I've always lived in the moment, so I don't allow my brain to focus too far head. I'm a fly-by-the-seat kind of person, but not really.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I do like candy bars, but if I have more than a couple of them I break out.

Ken Griffey Jr.

When you sign on the dotted line in any sport, your body's not going to be the same.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I grew up in baseball, so I know how hard it is to not have a dad around to see sporting events and stuff like that.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I won't be upset if I don't win a ring, because I gave it my all.

Ken Griffey Jr.

No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going to be 1.000. So you don't have the right to verbally talk out about somebody. Look at yourself. Did you do everything you could do? Did you start your day off right? Are you perfect?

Ken Griffey Jr.

My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.

Ken Griffey Jr.