Top 35 Griffey Jr Quotes
#1. If Jones magically converted 50 outs a year into walks, presto: now he's Ken Griffey, Jr.
Baseball Prospectus
#2. My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.
Ken Griffey Jr.
#3. 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
#4. 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
#5. 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
#6. The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.
Ken Griffey Jr.
#7. I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
Dolly Parton
#8. Give me the power to produce fever and I'll cure all disease.
Parmenides
#9. Behind the bar hung a photo of Roni Loveless, the boxer who, ordered to throw a fight, burst through an inner struggle to beat not only his opponent but everyone in the arena and its locality in an outward-blooming explosion of violence against suppressive mediocrity.
Steve Aylett
#10. 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.
#11. To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.
Ken Griffey Jr.
#12. Our lives are a divine expression no matter how messy and weird they may be. How much more meaningful can it get? The source is experiencing itself in form in a conscious, awake way.
Enza Vita
#13. The truth is I was nicely brought up and taught not to show my rage even though it was building up inside.
Andrea McLean
#14. 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.
#15. 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.
#16. 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.
#18. Beware the dark stranger! He rides a unicycle!
Stephen King
#19. Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?
Ken Griffey Jr.
#20. Isabel is a very talented photographer," she says. "Indeed, I am! I like to take photographs of babies nestling in oversized teacups." I spear a pea with my fork and hold it up. "Or sometimes I dress them in little green pea costumes and arrange them as if they're peering out of gigantic pods.
Lauren Fox
#21. 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.
#22. 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.
#23. You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.
Paul Theroux
#24. Stop ... Stop what you're doing ... Stop what you're doing and breathe.
Dan Bern
#25. 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.
#26. The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise GOD.
Thomas Merton
#27. When I was little, I thought it was terribly romantic, being half stardust, half Southern magnolia.
Suzanne Palmieri
#29. 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.
#30. 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.
#31. I will find you, Amy.
Lovesick words, hateful intentions.
Gillian Flynn
#32. It's not very long ago that we were all singing country music. And country music is equally black as it is white and that's important to recognize.
Ketch Secor
#34. As long as I have fun playing, the stats will take care of themselves.
Ken Griffey Jr.
#35. You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day.
Ken Griffey Jr.
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