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
By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series. Cal Ripken Jr
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
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
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
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
I had aches and pains when I played. No player is ever 100 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent. Guys that play 158 or 162 or 145, we are all in the same boat. Cal Ripken Jr
I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame. Cal Ripken Jr
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
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
When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual. Cal Ripken Jr
Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention. Cal Ripken Jr
I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball. Cal Ripken Jr
I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college. Cal Ripken Jr
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game. Cal Ripken Jr