Cal Ripken Quotes

You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was see Kirby smile or hear him laugh. And he'd bring you back. - Cal Ripken Jr

You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh, or see his smile, and he could bring you back. Even when you were mad at an umpire. - Cal Ripken

You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh or see his smile and he could bring you back. - Cal Ripken Jr

When you play for so long, you see it's going to come to an end and you wonder, Is your talent diminishing? Is it a slump? ... He took me aside and told me there was a time in his career when he thought he'd never get another hit. He's certainly one of the better hitting instructors I've ever been around. But psychologically, he started me in the right direction again. - Cal Ripken

We're not trying to measure our success against the Little League, ... but we have the only league that has grown at a 7 percent clip. Our challenge is to keep on growing, and if that happens, we will have plenty more success and get plenty of attention. - Cal Ripken

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

Tonight, I stand here, overwhelmed, as my name is linked with the great and courageous Lou Gehrig, ... I'm truly humbled to have our names spoken in the same breath. Some may think our strongest connection is because we played many consecutive games. Yet I believe in my heart that our true link is a common motivation-a love of the game of baseball, a passion for our team and a desire to compete on the very highest level. - Cal Ripken

To me, Kirby is at his best sitting at a card table playing cards, talking to him, stories being shared, spending hours and hours with him. He's the same in that little room as he is everywhere else. - Cal Ripken

This World Series isn't about crowning a champion. I think the kids will remember this as a life experience, ... Not everyone that plays baseball gets the chance to play in a big-league ballpark, but these kids get a feel for what it's like to play in Wrigley Field, what it's like to hit a ball off the Green Monster, how it feels to play at Camden Yards. - Cal Ripken

This is our third year here, and we're building momentum each time, ... I think our World Series has found a home. - Cal Ripken

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