Cal Ripken, Jr

Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose -…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I take pride in the fact that you are able to make some good contributions to the sport at certain times.

— 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…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

The reality is that players can't play forever.

— 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…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you…

— 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…

— 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…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Even though my dad was a manager in the minor leagues, I still traveled around with him and saw it from the…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

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

We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.

— 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

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

In the end of the day, I feel pretty good about the contributions you can make.

— Cal Ripken, Jr