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There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities.
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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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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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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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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If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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 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.
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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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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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Each and every day had its challenges.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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