The Ripken Way: A Manual for Baseball and Life
- ISBN-10
- 0671027751
- ISBN-13
- 9780671027759
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Beyond Words/Atria Books
- Authors
- Larry Burke, Cal Ripken
Description
Drawing on his nearly forty years as a baseball player, coach, and scout, Ripken shares his personal advice on how to cope with success and failure, his four D's of parenting--discipline, determination, dedication, and desire--the need for a commitment to excellence, and more.
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