Latest Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes from Interviews

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• There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you are good and the Yankees are good and you are playing a big series in September in Yankee Stadium, four game series, there is no greater excitement anywhere than the Yankee Stadium.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Yankees, Games, Yankee Stadium

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• 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.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Kids, Support, Parent

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• If you really think about it, the stadium can't last forever. There is going to have to come a time when it replaces.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Thinking, Forever, Lasts

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• There is a feeling when you are in Yankee Stadium that it is a very sacred ground you are walking on and you know you had the same feelings that other great players have had in other eras that played right there on that field.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Player, Yankee Stadium, Yankees

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I take pride in the fact that you are able to make some good contributions to the sport at certain times.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Sports, Pride, Able

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have come out of that. There has been a drug test policy that was been implemented that got the blessings of both the Players Association and MLB. They are trying to maintain the integrity of this sport and trying to get it back, but that cloud I think will hang over a little longer.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Sports, Baseball, Integrity

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the game is all about. It seems to be healthy. It seems more people are watching it.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball, Thinking, Games

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• Each and every day had its challenges.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Challenges

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• A lot of people have been telling me that I was going to be in the Hall of Fame and those are nice words and I try not to think about it, but when the call came, it made it real. It was a pretty darned good feeling.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Real, Nice, Thinking

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• In the end of the day, I feel pretty good about the contributions you can make.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  The End Of The Day, Ends, Feels

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I had a marvelous baseball career and after my baseball career, there is an abundance of opportunity out there.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Baseball, Opportunity, Careers

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say yes too much and I am too busy in my life.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Thinking, People, Able

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• What keeps me going? I guess it's just a desire to keep trying to contribute and do things in life.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Things In Life, Trying, Desire

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I was always compared to the Energizer Bunny in my consecutive game streak because every day I showed up and went to work and they said he keeps going and going and going, but a lot of people do that.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Games, People, Bunnies

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Quality, Bunnies, Admire

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

• I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Fall, Responsibility, Ideas

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Team, Guy, Style

  Source: bleacherreport.com