I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult,… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career,… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Disadvantaged kids many times don't have the support network that we all have. I know how important my parents were in my… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
You don't project yourself in the Hall of Fame as a player. It's only during that five-year period where people start asking about it,… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I take pride in the fact that you are able to make some good contributions to the sport at certain times. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and one of them will… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
