A biography for Ken Griffey Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“When you sign on the dotted line in any sport, your body's not going to be the same.”
“My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.”
“I explained to my kids at an early age: I'm a normal dad with an abnormal job.”
“Nobody wants to win a game on a bad call.”
“Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.”
“I didn't go into the Hall of Fame until I was a Hall of Famer. Three times I had been there, I never stepped foot inside.”
“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.”
“Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.”
“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.”
“You're only a first-round pick for one year.”
“The NFL and NBA has done a better job than we have in showing the fun side of the sport, having people talk about it whether it's on social media, commercials or the news.”
“My brother went to Ohio State. I think Cris Carter just graduated, but Cris was there a lot. I got a chance to go up there and watch the battle between Ohio State and Michigan.”
“A couple things I'm gonna be remembered for: the hat backwards and the swing. And the smile.”
“A franchise player, to me, is a guy like Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, a guy who's been in one organization through their entire career.”
“I just try to keep normal days, day in and day out.”
“The Hall of Fame is pretty good at preparation and getting you ready for what to expect.”
“Father and son games - that was the best day. We'd be dressed at 6 o'clock in the morning. The game would be at 7 o'clock at night... And we'd play at, like, 5.”
“I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.”
“I had more offers in football than baseball.”
“I'm very superstitious.”