Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes

Cal Ripken, Jr.
American Athlete
Born: Aug 24, 1960
Baseball Game Me People Think You
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When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Even though my dad was a manager in the minor leagues, I still traveled around with him and saw it from the field out. Now, as an owner, you're kind of looking from the whole baseball activity from outside in, from a fan's perspective. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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My dad had premature gray. I was always the one with the most energy, the one who continued to practice longer. I ran up and down the stairs of different stadiums. I didn't feel the need to cover up the fact that I was losing my hair or it was graying. When you're on a team, age is only a factor when you're talking in the locker room. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize the cultural opportunities, get to know the other players on the other team, look around you, enjoy your world series. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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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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. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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?' Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it. Cal Ripken, Jr.
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