Cal Ripken Jr Quotes
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I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Different styles work for different guys ... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?'
— Cal Ripken Jr.
When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I didn't just show upfor work, as has sometimes been said. I also
showed up to work. — Cal Ripken Jr.
Ultimately, at the end of the day, you couldn't say you were better than the other person because you knew you had a secret. You knew you had cheated.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
As long as I can compete, I won't quit.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.
— Earl Weaver
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
I see myself as extremely lucky.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job ... The passion for baseball is always going to be there.
— Cal Ripken Jr.
You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
— Cal Ripken Jr.