A biography for Ken Griffey Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“I mean, you're just not going to like somebody and he's not going to like you. But you're going to go out there and play. And you're going to give the other seven or eight guys on that field a chance to win. And that's just the way it's going to be.”
“I'm not some person who wants to be treated as a superstar and won't go out and help the team.”
“I like to see my name in the box score.”
“Everyone should live where they want.”
“Out of my 22 years, I've learned that only one team will treat you the best, and that's your first team.”
“I may not hit 50, 40 or 30 home runs, but I can do the little things like moving runners over that don't show up in the box score.”
“I never want to be satisfied.”
“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.”
“I'm not a player who beats his own drum.”
“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.”
“I can't help it if I make things look easy that some people think are difficult.”
“If you hit .200 and you win or .300 and you win, it's all the same. Just so you win.”
“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.”
“The two misconceptions of me are I didn't work hard, and that everything I made it look easy.”
“Most of the people that I still talk to and hang out with, to them, I'm just Ken.”
“I put up O.K. numbers - not Bugs Bunny-style numbers like some other guys - but O.K. numbers.”
“I'm lucky. I got a chance to play major-league baseball.”
“I know my Dad's a National League guy. I'm an American League guy. I tell him all the time we got better hitters. He's like well we got better pitchers. I'm like cause you all got those easy outs at the end.”
“In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say it and mean it.”
“There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.”