A biography for Cal Ripkenhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.”