As long as I have fun playing, the stats will take care of themselves.

Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?

When (the Reds) won, we loved it because we ran into the locker room and touched all the bats and gloves and got some bubble gum and red pop. When they lost, we were upset because we didn't get the bubble gum and red pop.

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.

You lose, you smile, and you come back the next day. You win, you smile, you come back the next day.

The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.

My dad (Ken Griffey) 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.