Daniel Bard

You know, I, I had been struggling for five years and,

I had a family, a young family that was growing and I needed to just make a move, you know, and I was burned.

I was completely burned out by baseball at that point.

You know, just didn't even have the energy to keep, keep pushing at it.

So that's, it was a totally different feeling.

And I was,

I was ready to move on because I was exhausted and burned out by the game.

Didn't even know what I was going to do.

Just knew I needed and wanted to do something different.

Ready for kind of a new challenge.

So that was different.

You know, and it worked out.

I got into a job that I didn't expect to be in, a mental skills job, and did that for a couple years and found purpose and enjoyment.

You know, still in baseball, but in a completely different way.

Um, so I, I think I grew a lot through that process.

It wasn't easy every day, but, um, you know, it was, it was, um, like I said, it was just finding a new challenge and something that I had purpose in.

And then this time it was, you know, different, definitely, you know,

Physically was starting to wear down.

Elbow was coming off the surgery.

Felt okay.