Cal Ripken, Jr

I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I was always compared to the Energizer Bunny in my consecutive game streak because every day I showed up and went to…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I had aches and pains when I played. No player is ever 100 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent. Guys that play 158…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

— 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

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event ,and…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I see myself as extremely lucky.

— 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…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and…

— 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

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

There is a feeling when you are in Yankee Stadium that it is a very sacred ground you are walking on and…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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

Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.

— 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