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Ken Griffey Jr

(1969) Baseball Player

98 quotes in 309 categories

Ken Griffey Jr. describes how he once put too much pressure on himself trying to earn his dad’s approval. He says he’s okay with solid, ordinary stats and doesn’t dwell on imagined what‑ifs. He also shares that he only began playing golf in 1994 after a strike cut the baseball season short.

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Ken Griffey Jr is a baseball player.

Quick Facts About Ken Griffey Jr

Born: November 21, 1969
Profession: Baseball Player

About Ken Griffey Jr

American baseball player (born 1969)... | George Kenneth Griffey Jr., nicknamed "Junior" and "the Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. The

Quotes by Ken Griffey Jr

Nobody wants to win a game on a bad call.

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Injuries are a part of the game.

Game

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I never want to be satisfied.

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I like to see my name in the box score.

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I'm not a player who beats his own drum.

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I had more offers in football than baseball.

Baseball

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Everyone should live where they want.

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I'm damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.

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I'm lucky. I got a chance to play major-league baseball.

Baseball

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I won't be upset if I don't win a ring, because I gave it my all.

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I explained to my kids at an early age: I'm a normal dad with an abnormal job.

Age

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Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.

Crime

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I go out there every day, take early batting practice, fly balls.

Batting practice

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I can't help it if I make things look easy that some people think are difficult.

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I'm not some person who wants to be treated as a superstar and won't go out and help the team.

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That's not what I want to be known as - a guy who doesn't want to play and is moody.

Fame

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I was able to live out my dream of playing baseball, and I've got to do the same for my kids and…

Baseball

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We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it.

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Father and son games - that was the best day. We'd be dressed at 6 o'clock in the morning. The game would…

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I'm in a Catch-22. If I don't go after a ball, I'm lazy, I'm not giving it 100 percent. If I do…

Giving

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You play the game a certain way, and people think your personality off the field should be just as electrifying. That's not…

Football

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We're here for one reason, and that's to win ballgames. You're going to have your feuding in there. But that is not…

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I like how in little league they have nine kids who play the field but we have 17 kids on the roster…

Florida

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I may not hit 50, 40 or 30 home runs, but I can do the little things like moving runners over that…

Baseball

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I don't think it's the intent of baseball not to have black ballplayers, but we have to find a way to get…

Baseball

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A lot of my friends and guys who I have watched and grew up with and who have been at my house…

Brothers

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My dad had a 'fro, and I didn't. So I wore his hat and it always hit me in the face, so…

Baseball

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I think that it takes one person in the household to be a baseball fan for people to love baseball. And if…

Baseball

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I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the…

All-star game

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Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball…

Athletes

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Baseball and golf have a lot of things in common, including the fact that players in both games love hitting for power.…

Baseball

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No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going…

Baseball

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My wife is from Seattle.

Marriage

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I've always been an Earnhardt family fan.

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You're only a first-round pick for one year.

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I want to be the best player I can be.

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Kids always think about being the MVP.

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Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.

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It's not so much what one person does. It's what we do as a team.

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A couple things I'm gonna be remembered for: the hat backwards and the swing. And the smile.

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