Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes


You're not just representing the people of Cincinnati, you're representing everybody. It was different. You'd see all the flags and the people yelling and the uniforms. The language barrier was a little tough. But for the most part, everybody understood one thing - baseball. - Ken Griffey Jr.



You'd rather have everything go wrong on one day than things go wrong on a bunch of days. Hopefully, we got all that stuff out of the way and we'll come back the next game and have some fun. - Ken Griffey Jr.



You have a commanding lead in home runs -- for the No. 9 spot in the batting order. - Ken Griffey Jr.



When I was 16, I was working at Queen City Speedway. I made $84 and change one week, then my mama told me to quit to concentrate on baseball. - Ken Griffey Jr.