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The streak has become my identity it's who I've become.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 24
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Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.
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More quotes by Cal Ripken, Jr.
Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do.
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.
What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
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.
Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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 life and many of these kids don't have that support network.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
The last thing you want to do is go down in the history of All-Star game competition as the only injury (his nose was broken by Roberto Hernandez) sustained during the team picture.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?
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 you know you had the same feelings that other great players have had in other eras that played right there on that field.
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 you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.
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 about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
The reality is that players can't play forever.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Each and every day had its challenges.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
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 the lineup.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
