Alex Rodriguez (A‑Rod)

And it's been the exact opposite.

Right.

Right.

Live and learn, right?

Yeah.

And if I had to do it again, I was like, yes, you know what?

My mom collected food stamps at the age of 12.

I'm chasing the money because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yeah.

And just –

Yeah, it was very difficult for sure, Cat.

But, you know, when I think two of the most important years of my career, and it's just like a win for myself, I think, is when I had like the best year of my career was probably when I was 20 years old, where I won the batting title and I hit .358 and hitting, you know, behind Griffey and with Edgar Martinez.

I had such a great bunch of mentors there and Lou Piniella, of course.

And then at the end of my career at 40, I had another amazing year.

And that was like after the suspension.

So if you bookends those, for me, that told me a very important story that I don't need any of that stuff, which was very important.

Was it difficult?

I've had a lot of friends ask me, like, why would you get into this?

Why not just brush it under the rug?

I said, no, that's exactly the point.