"My dad would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did." (New York Daily News, 1998)

"My name is not The Best Player in Baseball. My name is George Kenneth Griffey Jr." (The New York Times, 1997)

"The other guys, all they have to do is use their big butts and big python arms to hit homers. Me, I'm the little guy in the group. People always root for the little guy." (Sports Illustrated, 1994)

"Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?" (Sports Illustrated, 1999)

"The butterflies will never go away when I watch him. ... I'm proud to see him play. Then, to see him play as well as he's doing, that's a dream come true." -- Ken Griffey Sr. (The New York Times, 1990)

"We love Ken Griffey Jr. because he is everything we would like to be. He's young, he's good-looking, he's got the best smile in the world, and he's a heroic athlete. He is a shot in the arm for baseball. He is what this game needs right now. He is creating excitement and making headlines just by his presence. There hasn't been anyone like that since ... Reggie Jackson." -- former baseball player Reggie Jackson (Sports Illustrated, 1994)

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