Alex Rodriguez (A‑Rod)

And I was like seasoned veteran at 21.

But as a man, I still had the development of a 12-year-old.

Yeah.

from very very young age and you just can't you can't cope with it the way that some of us are able to when we're later on in life yeah i mean look that's a great point and what i will tell you is this is that i and i and i say this for my daughters as well as i don't wish anyone and it's counterintuitive right i don't wish anyone that type of success and the type of fortune that early in your life i

because it does the opposite of creating great character and grit, right?

I remember as an 18 year old, when I first got called up to the big leagues, just a few months removed from my high school prom, you know, a few months before that, my teammates like Griffey and Buhner and Randy Johns, these guys were all going to a bar in Boston.

And they're like, Alex, you want to come?

And I'm like, I'm three years away from being able to enter a bar.

Right.

And that was the first time that I was like so far, like my life was going in a different direction professionally.

But obviously what suffered the most was my personal development.

Maybe I needed to be with you, Kat, drinking a couple of kegs and just having a little bit of fun.

Yeah, I love Mike Francesa, who I thought was great.

I thought Kate was great.

I mean, just to have my ex-wife, who's still my best friend and co-parent to our two daughters, Natasha and Ella,

Like, I'm so proud of her to be able to go there and be so brave.

Like, I've gotten a lot of response from people who are divorced who don't have an optimal relationship.

So that was a thing.

The way my daughters have grown up because of my help with Dr. David and our relationship.

And then what I've been able to do after my baseball career.