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. More Quotes by Cal Ripken, Jr. More Quotes From Cal Ripken, Jr. Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow. Cal Ripken, Jr. games trying today Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential. Cal Ripken, Jr. soldier order people You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr. baseball play kids If you do a job, do it right or there is no point. Cal Ripken, Jr. no-point leadership jobs I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you get when you give a kid a chance, that is a hundred times greater than that feeling. Cal Ripken, Jr. baseball kids people As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Cal Ripken, Jr. quitting i-can long I didn’t just show up Cal Ripken, Jr. shows said sometimes 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. wells effort trying 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. adversity past thinking Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me. Cal Ripken, Jr. inspiring motivational sports Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do. Cal Ripken, Jr. baseball games love-you Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention. Cal Ripken, Jr. sportsmanship attention thinking The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job... The passion for baseball is always going to be there. Cal Ripken, Jr. passion baseball jobs 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. done way thinking 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. bunnies games people So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long. Cal Ripken, Jr. baseball blessed thinking 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. teammate responsibility games I'd like to be remembered. I'd like to think that someday two guys will be talking in a bar and one of them will say something like, 'Yeah, he's a good shortstop, but he's not as good as ole Ripken was.' Cal Ripken, Jr. talking two thinking 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. style team guy 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 desire trying
