Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes

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• 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…
• As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.
• Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.
• 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 say…
• So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's…
• The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.
• The reality is that players can't play forever.
• Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or…
• If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
• 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…
• 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?
• You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
• As long as I can compete, I won't quit.
• I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you get when you…
• I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a…
• A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have…
• 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…
• I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.
• That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.
• Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

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