Cal Ripken, Sr. quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The game of baseball is made up of many little things. If we do all the little things right, then we'll never have a big thing to worry about”
-- Cal Ripken, Sr.

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“The doctor said I should do a lot of walking, so I walk to the mound nine or ten times a game.”
-- Cal Ripken, Sr.

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“I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.”
“I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can.I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn't the best at that.”

Source : "Adam Sandler Interview GROWN UPS". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. June 21, 2010.
“There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.”
“No one man is superior to the game.”
“The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”
“[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
“We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.”
“Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?”

Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
“My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.”

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