Cal Ripken Quotes

• I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis.

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  Eric Davis

  Strong   Play   Everyday  

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• Of course I think a 10-year investment would be in a team's best interest. Look at Cal Ripken Jr., that guy was around until he was like 40... Not that I'm going to be in my 40s at the end of the 10-year deal or anything.

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  Miguel Tejada

  Team   Thinking   Years  

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• Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe at Cal Ripken. I realized during this game that 'you don't have to be flashy' or have 'power numbers' to be great. It's about the simple things that are the hard things. It's about leadership, work ethic and commitment.

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  Ron White

  Baseball   Commitment   Simple  

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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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  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball   Love You   Games  

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• If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

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  Don Yaeger

  Should Have   Example   Politician  

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• The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes like Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken Jr., and Brady Anderson were protected and coddled in a way that an outspoken Latino like me never would be. The light-eyed and white-skinned were declared household names. Canseco the Cuban was left out in the cold, where racism and double standards rule.

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  Jose Canseco

  Baseball   Athlete   Light  

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• There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.

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  Earl Weaver

  Stars   League   Inevitable  

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• Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy.

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  Bradley Whitford

  Jobs   Guy   Cal Ripken  

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