Ryan Ripken

But Reinerken Media started because of me just having the commitment to get better.

And then I'll tell you what, now Ryan Ripken Media is not going to go away.

But that's kind of how it all started.

So it's been a really fun process.

Not always easy, though.

I'm stressed out, and they say when you're stressed, you lose your hair.

Well, I can't afford that as a Ripken, Rob.

It's a whole...

I mean, I'd even argue right now it's even more wild wild west than it's ever been, you know, just because I just, when I just mentioned before, it's like, there are so many different versions of media.

and how you can do it and how you can get started and what you want to do.

Truly, the Internet, it's a blessing and a curse.

The blessing is you can put yourself out there more.

The curse is, though, there is so much out there, and you can be overwhelmed by it.

Where do you start?

What could happen next?

But to answer your question about how hard it was to stop playing, when I tell people about –

you know, what you commit to and what you love in life.

Typically, when you go off to college, you're trying to find yourself.

If you go that route, and the people that don't go to college and you get right into work, I'd say your early 20s, you're still trying to find it.

And as you get older into your late 20s and then heading into the 30s, you get a little bit more of an idea of what you want to do.