# Alex Rodriguez on Early Success, Therapy and the Baseball Hall of Fame

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2115534934253490491
- Source account: [@Ryomenex](https://x.com/Ryomenex)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:04
- Published: 2026-10-29
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame) I think, well, I'm still recovering. But I, I've been in therapy now for over 10 years, and it's really saved my life, Craig. The one thing I will say is that I wouldn't wish on anyone, in a weird way, that you have so much success so early right out of the gates, 'cause I think your self-awareness

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=16) decreases, your ego increases, and personally, I just didn't have the tools to have so much so early.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=23) I wanna be honest with you. There, I'm, I was watching it, and there was a part of me about halfway through the, the third episode and I, I, I started thinking, "Well, may- hang on."

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=31) Mm-hmm. "Maybe part of his motivation is obviously, you know, you don't need the money."

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=35) Mm-hmm. "Part of the motivation is maybe the Hall of Fame. May- maybe A-Rod really does think ...

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=40) Because the reality is, your numbers are better than 90% of the folks- ... who are in Cooperstown.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=43) ... who are in Cooperstown. Maybe this is part of a, a, a campaign- Mm-hmm ... to get into the Hall of Fame."

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=49) Yeah. That, that's totally fair. Um, I will go the other way now that you saw it.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=53) I'm definitely not going in the Hall of Fame.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=55) Whi- which is, you know, the, I knew the rules.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tBH6Qa5JyAyA/en/alex-rodriguez-on-early-success-therapy-and-the-baseball-hall-of-fame?t=58) I, I broke, I broke the rules, and if that's the penalty that, that's completely on me