Jon Hamm
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It was like, listen, no one's gonna give you any excuse.
You just gotta figure it out.
You gotta send it, man.
Can't live with those what ifs.
Yeah, and you gotta figure it out.
You know, it's like, it's hard.
Life is hard.
I remember my best friend growing up, he was the best man at my wedding.
His dad played professional baseball, Ted Simmons.
Maybe you know him, maybe you don't.
He was in the Hall of Fame.
Great guy, wonderful man.
Kind of a surrogate dad to me after my dad passed away, especially.
And when I was going through all my transitional difficulties and whatever, trying to figure out where am I gonna go?
How am I gonna make it?
My dad just died, what am I gonna do?
He goes, look, a lot of sad stories in the world, a lot of sad stories.
I played with guys that grew up, not only did they not have parents,
They didn't have a glove, but they were gifted.
They grew up in the Dominican, they grew up wherever, and they just made it happen.