Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes

Ken Griffey Jr.

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 21, 1969

Everyone should live where they want.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I'm not a player who beats his own drum.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I put up O.K. numbers - not Bugs Bunny-style numbers like some other guys - but O.K. numbers.

Ken Griffey Jr.

It doesn't bother me that I didn't get all the recognition. It really doesn't. I tried to keep things as honest as possible. People will either appreciate it over the years or they won't.

Ken Griffey Jr.

That's not what I want to be known as - a guy who doesn't want to play and is moody.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I'm not some person who wants to be treated as a superstar and won't go out and help the team.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I get a little tired of people telling me what might have been. I think I've done OK. I don't dwell on what might have been.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Playing in the big leagues while my father is still active is the biggest thrill of my life. I try to see him play whenever I can.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I've been swinging the same way since I was born. It's always worked.

Ken Griffey Jr.

It seemed like my father and I were always fighting. I know a lot of kids go through that with their families, but it was hard for me.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I can't help it if I make things look easy that some people think are difficult.

Ken Griffey Jr.

That's the best thing about playing defense. I get to see somebody else but myself get mad.

Ken Griffey Jr.

If baseball was all year round, I'd play all year round.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I've always been an Earnhardt family fan.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball players want to be baseball players, and vice versa.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Nobody wants to win a game on a bad call.

Ken Griffey Jr.

We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the All-Star Game, I just don't... I feel better when I'm by myself.

Ken Griffey Jr.

You play the game a certain way, and people think your personality off the field should be just as electrifying. That's not the case.

Ken Griffey Jr.