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I never want to be satisfied.
Injuries are a part of the game.
I'm damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.
I'm not a player who beats his own drum.
I had more offers in football than baseball.
Its a game, and that’s how I am going to treat it.
Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.
If baseball was all year round, I'd play all year round.
You can't sensationalize a story that is a heartfelt story.
To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.
I'll never be that guy who's going to yell and scream at people.
I go out there every day, take early batting practice, fly balls.
I won't be upset if I don't win a ring, because I gave it my all.
It doesn't matter how much money you make; it's where you feel happy.
I've been swinging the same way since I was born. It's always worked.
As long as I have fun playing, the stats will take care of themselves.
All my life in professional baseball, people said 'He could be better.'
Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?
I do like candy bars, but if I have more than a couple of them I break out.
Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.
I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.
I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.
I explained to my kids at an early age: I'm a normal dad with an abnormal job.
There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.
To win a World Series, the whole team has to be hot, everything has to go your way.
That's not what I want to be known as - a guy who doesn't want to play and is moody.
My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.
If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.
My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.
The Hall of Fame is pretty good at preparation and getting you ready for what to expect.
That's the best thing about playing defense. I get to see somebody else but myself get mad.
A couple things I'm gonna be remembered for: the hat backwards and the swing. And the smile.
The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.
The two misconceptions of me are I didn't work hard, and that everything I made it look easy.
I'm not some person who wants to be treated as a superstar and won't go out and help the team.
I went out there and played as hard as I could because that's the only way I know how to play.
I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!
There are more second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and so on in the big leagues than first-round picks.
You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day.
I might go 0 for 4 in a game, but I still had a chance to help the team by making plays in the field.
If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
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.
I didn't go into the Hall of Fame until I was a Hall of Famer. Three times I had been there, I never stepped foot inside.
I knew unless I got stopped I was going to go all the way. I don't know if I can run any faster. I just ran as fast as I could.
This is something I dreamed about as a little kid, being back in my hometown (Cincinnati) where I watched so many great players.
He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance.
Playing in the big leagues while my father is still active is the biggest thrill of my life. I try to see him play whenever I can.
I may not hit 50, 40 or 30 home runs, but I can do the little things like moving runners over that don't show up in the box score.
A franchise player, to me, is a guy like Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, a guy who's been in one organization through their entire career.
You play the game a certain way, and people think your personality off the field should be just as electrifying. That's not the case.