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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.
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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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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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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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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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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Stubbornness usually is considered a negative but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
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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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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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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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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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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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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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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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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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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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