Baseball Quote by Ken Griffey Jr

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

— Nick Foles

It's rewarding riding into the sunset. What better way to go? My teammates carried me off the field - it doesn't get any better…

— David Ross

I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.

— Gretchen Whitmer

Playing in the big leagues while my father is still active is the biggest thrill of my life. I try to see him play…

— Ken Griffey Jr

People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.

— Chuck Norris

I have always been a dad who is there because, in football, you have time.

— Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

I don't turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

— Clayton Kershaw

If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to…

— Billy Butler

I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for me.

— David Cassidy

My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.

— Freddie Gibbs

I started out playing football in the park with my dad. My dad was a bit of a ball player, but he couldn't really…

— Jack Rodwell

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with it putting…

— Joe Buck