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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.

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Cal Ripken, Jr.
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 24
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There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you are good and the Yankees are good and you are playing a big series in September in Yankee Stadium, four game series, there is no greater excitement anywhere than the Yankee Stadium.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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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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I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work.
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By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
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If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
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The streak has become my identity it's who I've become.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Stubbornness usually is considered a negative but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
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We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.
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I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.
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Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.
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What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life.
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The reality is that players can't play forever.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.
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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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Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.
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