Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes

The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers.

I think children learn through their parents.

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

Sisters have ways of socializing brothers into the mysteries of girls. Brothers have ways of socializing sisters into the puzzle that is boys.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

Education, like neurosis, begins at home.

I hope my daughter, and one day my granddaughters, will be at Dodgers Opening Day.

I don't cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because of my father. He's a giant sports fan and we are from New England, so he cheered for the Celtics and the Red Sox.

The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.

I'm a California Angels fan because that's the first game my dad took me to see, and they stuck with me.

You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do.

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people.

I've worked with kids that are just horrendous, and it's mostly because of their parents.

The early socialization of a child is crucial.

My father didn't watch football, and it was my grandad who got me in to it.

When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with it putting food on your table, and with it taking your dad out of town.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.

As the family goes, so go the children.