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. Read Quote
I’m always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
I never understood that when I heard people retire – they said they missed being around the guys. I don’t have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
I’ve been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
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. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
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. Read Quote
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. Read Quote
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose – because I very rarely lost – then everything would go crazy. Cal Ripken, Jr. Read Quote
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. Read Quote
