They are in the top 10 players in the history of baseball. Those guys are legends. You can't say enough about what they did for the game. You wonder what kind of money they'd be worth in this era.

I can still play. I've been hurt, and that slowed me down. People take that as a message that I've lost something. When I'm healthy, I haven't lost anything. I can still play this game at a top level.

[Ken Griffey was not that concerned about his latest injury. Griffey is day-to-day after suffering a sprained left foot going from first to third in the 12th inning Sunday.] 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 (today) is it.

The guys who are replacing everybody, they're still All-Stars. I mean, you look at their numbers and they've done just as well as everybody else.

As soon as I feel I can do what I need to do.

Once the first pitch is thrown, you're going to see a lot of attitudes change. We're not going to want to lose.