My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.

Its a game, and that’s how I am going to treat it.

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.

Talk to people. Go another way. Don't kill yourself. It ain't worth it and I'm a great example. No matter how bad it seems at the time, work your way through it. Who knows how your life is going to turn out?

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.

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