"Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I……" — Cal Ripken, Jr.
"Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me."
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40 Quotes by Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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…
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As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I…
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Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.
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I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and…
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So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance…
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The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.
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The reality is that players can't play forever.
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Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who…
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If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
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The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job... The passion…
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When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What…
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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