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Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

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. quotes: Different styles work for different guys ... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

Different styles work for different guys ... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: 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.

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. quotes: We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.

We consider ourselves the luckiest fans on the face of the Earth.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.

Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.

By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.

That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.

As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: 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?'

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. quotes: When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.

The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: 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.

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.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: As long as I can compete, I won't quit.

As long as I can compete, I won't quit.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: 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.

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. quotes: I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.

I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I didn't just show upfor work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work.

I didn't just show up
for work, as has sometimes been said. I also
showed up to work.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

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. quotes: I see myself as extremely lucky.

I see myself as extremely lucky.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.

Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job ... The passion for baseball is always going to be there.

The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job ... The passion for baseball is always going to be there.

Cal Ripken Jr. quotes: You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.