Ken Jr. Quotes (38 Quotes)

It's an opportunity I didn't get before turning pro. I'd like to represent my country.

You're not just representing the people of Cincinnati, you're representing everybody. It was different. You'd see all the flags and the people yelling and the uniforms. The language barrier was a little tough. But for the most part, everybody understood one thing - baseball.

I don't worry about it. I just go out there and try to do the best I can. Whatever people think, that's fine.

Early in the season, we shot ourselves in the foot. The last couple months of the baseball season, you want to make it tough on other teams.

They can't look at mine. They can't look at mine. You all know good and damn well that what you see is what you get. You can look at other people and speculate all you want. But you guys know from looking at me that I didn't touch a thing.

It's just one of those things that it's there, you know it's there, and I just don't want to get to the point where I'm out for a longer period of time because I did something else trying to compensate for it. This way, (we) get it done, get it over with and I look forward to May.

It was probably the worst the wind has been. You couldn't really read it.

What we've seen from Wayne is that he's a guy trying to put a winning team on the field now. It's not about six, seven years from now. It's about what happens now. That comes from the ownership. When the ownership wants to win, it just trickles down.

It was baseball hell in Colorado. For some strange reason, we weren't getting it done. Eventually, it's got to change. The big thing is we've got to stay positive.

Good placement. The key is we were able to get some guys on base and the guys coming up behind them hit home runs.

When I was 16, I was working at Queen City Speedway. I made 84 and change one week, then my mama told me to quit to concentrate on baseball.

Guys weren't up there swinging for home runs. We tried to make solid contact. We got a couple of balls in the air and they went out.

I don't worry about other people's numbers. That's for you guys to come to that conclusion. You guys know me. Your relationship with me is what I care about.

It's tough. I hate to not be playing, more than anything.

We just tried to make a bad situation a little better.

It goes way beyond the doctor-patient privilege with him. He really cares about you. I got to know who he was when I was in high school and my dad trusted the family. I remember two years ago in Cincinnati, I was home alone and was running a fever of 105

I walked out of the hospital after the operation and got in the car, and I gave the crutches back after two days. This recent surgery was a minor thing.

Those guys are legends. You can't say enough for those guys and what they've done for baseball. Both of those guys are arguably in the top 10 players in the history of the game.

People are dying in wars, and I get an opportunity to play for my country. It's not that hard of a decision. You see Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson and all those guys stand on a podium. I have the chance to do that.

I think overall in the situation we're in, it's probably the smartest thing to do. If it were the playoffs and we had a chance, then we'd be doing something different. But we're not, and it's time that I can get my hamstring closed up for good and my knee fixed.

It's just a knot that keeps coming back. I ran the treadmill with (no pain). It's not grabbing it's not doing anything different. It's just a knot.

Certain things work good for the player and good for the team. It's a mutual decision on what we needed at the time - they needed a spot for LaRue and things like that. So it's beneficial for both of us.

He's grown up a lot. His maturity level is night and day. When you get a chance to play every day, you have no choice but to go out and try to do a job.

Nah, he wanted to talk to me about the cruise that was canceled. The White Sox or a trade All he said was that there is nothing to report.

You'd rather have everything go wrong on one day than things go wrong on a bunch of days. Hopefully, we got all that stuff out of the way and we'll come back the next game and have some fun.

It's a matter of working the soreness out and getting back to normal. If it's later, there's other ways to take care of it. But, it's April. You don't want this to nag on and be a factor later in the season.

To be around the guys who said yes to this was a treat in itself. I got a chance to know different personalities, and I think it was pretty awesome that we were able to do this. The results weren't what we would like to have, but I would do it again any time.

I'm a Red - that's it. Till the organization tells me otherwise.

As you get older, stay around, you just go out and have fun and don't worry if you hit them out. I'm not trying to hit it out, just trying to get good contact.

He's one of those guys, you're just glad you had a chance to know him. He took care of me.

I may still fly home for it. That's my baby. She's so much like me. She's strong.

It's going to be tough looking at him. I'll have to make sure I get a Sean Casey Pirates jersey for my house.

I still have the same urge. But I try to understand a little more now. I still have the same desire to be out there. With the medical staff knowing me, it's still an ongoing communication. But it's tough. I hate not playing. I hate it. I'm definitely doing everything I can to get back just as soon as I can.

If we can swing the bat and be particular about what pitches to swing at, and be patient and stuff like that, I think we can put some pressure on some people. You look at the numbers these guys put over through the course of the year, there's no easy out in there. That makes it tough on everybody.

It's just a little sore. We'll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there. They said I was going to get a day off in the next couple of days anyway, so I guess tomorrow is it.

We're going to come in and see tomorrow.

There are certain things that are good for the player, good for the team. It was a mutual decision on what we needed at the time. Time helps and they needed the spot. It's beneficial for both of us.

Just being able to go out there day in and day out where a lot of people counted me out says a lot for the work I put into it, and for the medical staff and the team.