Adult Quote by Cal Ripken, Jr

I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game…

— Mark McGwire

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a…

— Tyler Hoechlin

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

— Mickey Mantle

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

— Takeru Kobayashi

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other…

— Nolan Ryan

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

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became…

— Jonah Hill

I live for baseball. That's how I grew up.

— Joe Buck

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

— Allan Ray

In high school, baseball was life. My senior year, I had the highest batting average on the team. I was one of the starting…

— Anthony Ramos

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of…

— Mark Teixeira

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

— Nick Foles