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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

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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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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We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.
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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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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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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 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.
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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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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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Ultimately, at the end of the day, you couldn't say you were better than the other person because you knew you had a secret. You knew you had cheated.
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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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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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My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.
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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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I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work.
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The reality is that players can't play forever.
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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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I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.
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Each and every day had its challenges.
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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.
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All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.
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