Best Ken Griffey Jr Quotes & Sayings

I'm not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don't have that kind of self-confidence or natural charisma. — Steve Carell

Do not seek truth; merely cease to cherish opinions. — Dean Sluyter

This is something I dreamed about as a little kid, being back in my hometown (Cincinnati) where I watched so many great players. — Ken Griffey Jr.

Talk to Allah in your own language with your heart fully present. Allah doesn't need you to rhyme or speak arabic. — Omar Suleiman

To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments. — Ken Griffey Jr.

The other guys, all they have to do is use their big butts and big python arms to hit homers. Me, I'm the little guy in the group. People always root for the little guy. — Ken Griffey Jr.

God is unwilling to do everything Himself, lest He deprive us of our free will and of that portion of glory that belongs to us. — Niccolo Machiavelli

When (the Reds) won, we loved it because we ran into the locker room and touched all the bats and gloves and got some bubble gum and red pop. When they lost, we were upset because we didn't get the bubble gum and red pop. — Ken Griffey Jr.

He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance. — Ken Griffey Jr.

Well, my dad (Ken Griffey) taught me that there's three parts. There's hitting, there's defense, and there's baserunning. And as long as you keep those three separated, you're going to be a good player. I mean, you can't take your defense on the bases, you can't take your hitting to the field, and you can't take your baserunning at the plate. But defense, is number one. — Ken Griffey Jr.

The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game. — Ken Griffey Jr.

If Jones magically converted 50 outs a year into walks, presto: now he's Ken Griffey, Jr. — Baseball Prospectus

He's not anybody's clone. He's Ken Griffey, Jr. As long as he continues to remind himself of that, he's going to be a very good player. — Chili Davis

If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself. — Ken Griffey Jr.

My dad (Ken Griffey) would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did. — Ken Griffey Jr.

My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. — Ken Griffey Jr.

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too. — Tony La Russa

As long as I have fun playing, the stats will take care of themselves. — Ken Griffey Jr.

I knew unless I got stopped I was going to go all the way. I don't know if I can run any faster. I just ran as fast as I could. — Ken Griffey Jr.

I remember when I was a kid being called names, including the 'n' word. The first time that happened, it really bothered me. But most of the people I dealt with were all white. Most of my close friends were white. — Ken Griffey Jr.

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. — Ivan Krastev

Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey? — Ken Griffey Jr.

No matter what you do, people are gonna try to emulate you. Whether it's a dunk by Michael Jordan or a swing by Ken Griffey Jr., kids are doing the same things. — Curtis Granderson

God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others. — Colby Buzzell

Dinosaurs were huge and powerful; they could not adapt and they died out. And so the big difference between dinosaurs and cockroaches is adaptability: one is able to adjust, while the other, apparently, couldn't ... The same analogy applies to fighting, and probably any other sport. It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking. We've seen this since the beginning of mixed martial arts. — Georges St-Pierre

Talk to people. Go another way. Don't kill yourself. It ain't worth it and I'm a great example. No matter how bad it seems at the time, work your way through it. Who knows how your life is going to turn out? — Ken Griffey Jr.

Its a game, and that's how I am going to treat it. — Ken Griffey Jr.

Growing up, I played 'Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball' and just whatever I could get my hands on. When I was really young, I was a big fan of Mario and that type of stuff. I still play videogames now, so it was really cool for me to be able to play as myself on '2K6' or '2K7,' I believe it was, when I was a rookie. — Justin Verlander

You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day. — Ken Griffey Jr.