100 Quotes by Ken Griffey Jr.

Just because I made it look easy doesn't mean that it was and you don't work hard and become a Hall of Famer without working day in and day out.

I put up O.K. numbers - not Bugs Bunny-style numbers like some other guys - but O.K. numbers.

My mom told me to hang around with the right people. That's what I've been doing. Just taking it easy and having fun.

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.

I guess for me, I've always lived in the moment, so I don't allow my brain to focus too far head. I'm a fly-by-the-seat kind of person, but not really.

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

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

I got to play with my dad. I got to go to work with him. That's the biggest thing that ever happened to me other than the days my kids were born. That's bigger than any record I'll ever set.

Anybody can be a dad. I just want to be a good parent. I want to be a dad that my kids can talk to. I want to have a relationship with them.