Ken Griffey Jr. Quotes

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.

How you carry yourself is how people perceive you.

I have no problem with people seeing me as the nice guy. I hope they don't see me as just the nice guy.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

I don't want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people, and how I am as a role model. I don't just want to be, 'He dresses cool' or 'He dresses crazy.' You're going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

You are what you're portrayed as.

In my career, which has been fairly two-dimensional, people make decisions based on your persona.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

A regard for reputation and the judgment of the world may sometimes be felt where conscience is dormant.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.

It's such a tough business. And once people see you a certain way, it's really hard for them to change their minds about you.

People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

People wrote so negatively about me, but generally, the people who are familiar with football know my strengths and abilities.