Griffey Jr Quotes & Sayings

When women's sexuality is imagined to be passive or "dirty," it also means that men's sexuality is automatically positioned as aggressive and right-no matter what form it takes. And when one of the conditions of masculinity, a concept that is already so fragile in men's minds, is that men dissociate from women and prove their manliness through aggression, we're encouraging a culture of violence and sexuality that's detrimental to both men and women. — Jessica Valenti

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.

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.

There are many men like this; they can form a plausible theory and grasp its logical points, but take it away from them and destroy it utterly before their eyes, and they will not so easily lash their tired brains at once to build another theory in place of the one that is ruined. — Lord Dunsany

I've sometimes thought that being loved a little less than others can actually make a person, rather than ruin them. — Paula McLain

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

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.

If a group of people has no sense where they came from-it is difficult for them to have a sense where they should go. — Lester Thurow

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.

A lot of my father's generation were thinking about communism and had deep liberal and progressive connections. He never admitted whether he was a card-carrying communist party member but I think its possible. — Anne Waldman

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.

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.

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.

Don't pull all your eggs in one basket. — American Proverb.

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.

At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died. — Jonathan Davis

I worked for a newspaper in Europe for, I lived in Europe for about seven years, so I worked in this sort of a yellow journalism kind of a thing, it was like a scandal sheet. — Kurt Loder

People always make choices, always take sides! — Deyth Banger

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.

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

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

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.

People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't? — Michael Horton

Breathing slowly and rubbing his palm against his chest as if to soothe his heart. — Hanya Yanagihara

LUKE Friends, rebels, starfighters, lend me your ears. Wish not we had a single fighter more, If we are mark'd to die, we are enough To make our planets proud. But should we win, We fewer rebels share the greater fame. We all have sacrific'd unto this cause. — Ian Doescher

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

While I've lived in cities for most of my adult life, I really prefer the quiet, boring, mundanity of the country. It's the best place for me to work, think, and invent. — Jacob Hashimoto

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.