Quotes from Ken Griffey Jr.

If baseball was all year round, I'd play all year round.

I never want to be satisfied.

There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.

I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.

I'm not a player who beats his own drum.

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.

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

There are more second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and so on in the big leagues than first-round picks.

I enjoy photography. It's a lot of fun. It keeps me on my P's and Q's and, when you think about it, most people think photography is just going to a game. But you start to think, dang, that would be a good picture. Or you're driving along and see something and think, 'that would be nice.'

I do like candy bars, but if I have more than a couple of them I break out.

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.

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

I know my Dad's a National League guy. I'm an American League guy. I tell him all the time we got better hitters. He's like well we got better pitchers. I'm like cause you all got those easy outs at the end.

I just want to play baseball.

A couple things I'm gonna be remembered for: the hat backwards and the swing. And the smile.

I've been swinging the same way since I was born. It's always worked.

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.

I'm damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.

I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the All-Star Game, I just don't... I feel better when I'm by myself.

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.

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.

I'm in a Catch-22. If I don't go after a ball, I'm lazy, I'm not giving it 100 percent. If I do dive for the ball - which I did, and blew out my shoulder - it's, Why did I play it so hard?

I explained to my kids at an early age: I'm a normal dad with an abnormal job.