Quotes from Ken Griffey Jr.

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?

I'd have probably gone to Michigan. Only because one of my friends, Vada Murray, who passed away, went to Michigan and as a freshman and sophomore he was my big brother at Moeller.

The two misconceptions of me are I didn't work hard, and that everything I made it look easy.

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

A lot of my friends and guys who I have watched and grew up with and who have been at my house are Hall of Famers, and I just know them as Ozzie Smith, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield... I know these guys like my older brothers and uncles, the guys who took care of me.

You're on an island when you're injured. Nobody understands what you're going through. And everybody's different. Some people heal quicker than others.

The NFL and NBA has done a better job than we have in showing the fun side of the sport, having people talk about it whether it's on social media, commercials or the news.

When I came home, my kids wouldn't know if I went 0-for-4 or 4-for-4. I do not like to lose at anything, but I wouldn't be angry all day... Once I left the stadium, it was over with.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

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 won't be upset if I don't win a ring, because I gave it my all.

I've always wanted to be on a winning team, be competitive and have something to shoot for in October. It's never been a money situation.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

My brother went to Ohio State. I think Cris Carter just graduated, but Cris was there a lot. I got a chance to go up there and watch the battle between Ohio State and Michigan.

I was just putting way too much pressure on myself. I was just trying to get that validation from my dad. It got so bad I remember my high school coach telling him not to show up to games.

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.

All my life in professional baseball, people said 'He could be better.'

We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it.

Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball players want to be baseball players, and vice versa.

I get a little tired of people telling me what might have been. I think I've done OK. I don't dwell on what might have been.