93 Quotes by Cal Ripken, Jr.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.

When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revolve around baseball.

When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event ,and you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.

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.

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.

I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

Disadvantaged kids many times don't have the support network that we all have. I know how important my parents were in my life and many of these kids don't have that support network.