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Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes
Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes
Ken Griffey Jr.
American
Athlete
Born:
Nov 21
,
1969
Baseball
Game
Like
Me
People
You
I don't know what my numbers are as a DH, but the fact that you're sitting basically for three hours and 38 minutes of a baseball game, you're hoping you get four or five at-bats.
Ken Griffey Jr.
You
Game
Three
Hoping
Minutes
Fact
Hours
Know
Five
Get
Sitting
Baseball
Baseball Game
Four
Basically
Numbers
In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say it and mean it.
Ken Griffey Jr.
You
Say
Someone
Call
Got
Mean
Certain
Grandpa
Certain Things
Pops
Fossil
Dad
Baseball
Things
Chance
Baseball and golf have a lot of things in common, including the fact that players in both games love hitting for power. However, in both sports, trying to do so strictly with muscle strength doesn't work very well. In fact, I see a lot of guys in both baseball and golf struggle when they try to swing with tight arms.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Work
Love
Strength
Struggle
Sports
Try
Power
Strictly
I See
See
Guys
Both
Fact
Well
Arms
Tight
However
Lot
Very
Trying
Hitting
Common
In Fact
Golf
Games
Including
Swing
Baseball
Things
Players
Muscle
I had more offers in football than baseball.
Ken Griffey Jr.
More
Had
Football
Than
Offers
Baseball
My dad had a 'fro, and I didn't. So I wore his hat and it always hit me in the face, so I just turned it around and it just stuck. It wasn't like I was trying to be a tough guy or change the way that baseball is played. It was just that my dad wore a size 7 1/2, and I had a 6 1/4. It was just too big.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Me
Change
Face
Tough
Big
Too
Way
Hat
Guy
Tough Guy
Stuck
Had
Like
Around
Always
His
Hit
Trying
Just
Size
Wore
Turned
Dad
Baseball
Played
I was able to live out my dream of playing baseball, and I've got to do the same for my kids and let them live out their dreams of whatever they want to do in life.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Life
Dreams
Whatever
Live
Kids
Out
Dream
Able
Got
Same
Want
Them
Baseball
Playing
I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Challenge
Strike
Kid
Definitely
Having
Never
Until
Makes
Short
Golf
Cut
Season
Played
Start
Playing
I grew up in baseball, so I know how hard it is to not have a dad around to see sporting events and stuff like that.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Events
See
Stuff
Like
Know
Around
How
Up
Grew
Hard
Dad
Baseball
I just mind my business and do what I have to do to get ready for the baseball season.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Business
Mind
Ready
Get
Just
Baseball
Season
I'm lucky. I got a chance to play major-league baseball.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Got
Lucky
Baseball
Play
Chance
I think that it takes one person in the household to be a baseball fan for people to love baseball. And if you don't love baseball as a parent, your kids are not going to love it because you're not watching it.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Love
You
People
Think
I Think
Kids
Parent
Takes
Household
Because
Person
Going
Fan
To Love
Your
Baseball
Watching
All my life in professional baseball, people said 'He could be better.'
Ken Griffey Jr.
Life
People
Better
My Life
All My Life
All People
Could
He
Said
Professional
Professional Baseball
Baseball
No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going to be 1.000. So you don't have the right to verbally talk out about somebody. Look at yourself. Did you do everything you could do? Did you start your day off right? Are you perfect?
Ken Griffey Jr.
Day
You
Yourself
Somebody
Everything
Batting
Out
About
Perfect
Wins
Could
No-One
Look
Talk
Verbally
Era
Off
Did
Going
Average
Your
Zero
Right
Start
My wife is from Seattle.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Wife
Seattle
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