Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Cal Ripken, Jr. quotes and sayings page 3 (64 year old athlete). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 43 we have for him.
“I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.”
“I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.”
“Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.”
“By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.”
“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.”
“My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven of those years, they had the same people in place. So it was about continuity. It was about stability.”
“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.”
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