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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 almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.

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Cal Ripken, Jr.
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 24
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.
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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 one of them will say something like, 'Yeah, he's a good shortstop, but he's not as good as ole Ripken was.'
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That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.
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