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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

~Cal Ripken, Jr.

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When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.

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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.

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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.

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Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

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My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

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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.

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

~Cal Ripken, Jr.

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I had one of my best years in 1991; I was 31. I made a renewed effort to work harder. I got better at my diet. I paid attention to how much sleep I got. I was always someone of routine. I became more strict.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 24th, 1960

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