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I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.

~Cal Ripken, Jr.

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I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

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Topics: Away Baseball Choice College Did Get Got Kids Make Off

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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?'

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

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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.

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I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.

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I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

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You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.

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Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.

~Cal Ripken, Jr.

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I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows me to have, which means I'm home until my kids go off to college. I value that time.

~Cal Ripken, Jr.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 24th, 1960

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