I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and one of… — 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… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think… — 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
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the… — 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
Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been telling me that I was going to be in the Hall of Fame and those are… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I haven't given it (achieving 3,000 hits) much thought. I was taught a certain approach, how to come to the ballpark. I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could… — 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
