Jeremy Guthrie

And I wish I had the data because when I talk to parents or kids that have the big dream, you know, dream big and you should always follow your dreams.

Of course.

But be realistic.

And, you know, whether it's a backup plan or whether it's just a safety net to fall on, I think one of the greatest things, number one, that helped me in my career, because my career was mirrored that of I'd call it 98 percent of major league players, meaning it had ups and downs.

It had challenges.

It had setbacks.

And there are very few that don't.

You know, we can think of a couple that are in the big leagues today that don't.

i would say they didn't have setbacks i'm sure they would disagree completely but you see the career of bryce harper who is a young man was on sports illustrated as the chosen one and makes it to the big leagues at 19 and is a two-time mvp and is chasing you know a career that could ultimately end up in in cooper's town

That's a, that's a player that really lived up to the expectations kind of in a, in a linear way.

Paul skeins today, very similar, but 98% of big leaders up and down their careers on the brink and somehow they come back from it.

And so I was, you know, I was no different than that, but you learn through it that if you can keep, you know, keep grinding and they had to go back to that definition of success in my mind, I had to really lean on that because I,

when your success outwardly is not happening meaning you have a high era a lot of losses a lot of home runs and hits allowed that you know if that's your only definition definition of success it it kills careers and i don't have the data but you know players that make it to the big leagues is a tiny percentage players who stay in the big leagues longer than two years is an even tinier fraction of players and then of course those who reach 10 years is a minuscule number and so

Education gave me peace of mind when I was in my worst moments.

I always knew with an education in college, I could fall back and go find a job.

And I think that was helpful.

I think to know that I had something gave me kind of that oomph to keep going.

And I've been around enough players that are all in on baseball, which, you know, to their credit, that's the way they live their life.

They're passionate about it.

But I know that at some point when it becomes difficult,