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“It Is in My DNA”- Alex Rodriguez Once Sat Down and Talked About What Business Means to Him While Comparing It to Baseball

Published 11/19/2022, 6:30 AM EST

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Having seen only two dreams, Alex Rodriguez has conquered it all. To play professional baseball and then become a businessman, the former Yankee has done it quite well in his both careers. When talking about business, as soon as A-Rod started being a professional baseball player, he also started his investment firm, A-Rod Corp, at the mere age of 18.

For him, baseball and business are two of his loves. Even though he does not play baseball professionally anymore, he is still somehow connected to the game. And when talking about his businesses, the Yankees legend had managed to push his net worth to a monstrous value of $400 million. Notably, he is also the wealthiest baseball personality in Major League Baseball. In the past few years, he has always tried to motivate the younger generation to do better, and in one such interview of his, he talked about what business means to him as compared to baseball. 

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Business and Baseball resides in Alex Rodriguez

Former baseball player Alex Rodriguez did everything possible to be better at his game, and if it wasn’t for steroids, he would have probably made a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

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“Like baseball, business is something that’s in my blood. It is in my DNA. I love it, but I’ve always been process driven,” said Alex in his comparison between baseball and business. Furthermore, he added, “I have World Class work ethic. I also love team, and I love bonding and collaborating. To see others succeed is pretty awesome.”

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Rodriguez knows about the mistakes he had made. But ever since he made them, and paid for what he did; he’s been trying to motivate athletes to learn from his mistakes. 

Alex has the numbers required to be a Hall of Famer

Rodriguez had put in the numbers required to be in Cooperstown. But because of his usage of performance-enhancing drugs, every record that he ever made is now considered tainted. 

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Therefore, there is almost no chance for him to get inducted. But he now has accepted the fact that it may not ever happen to him. He constantly urges the athletes to not do what he did to be better at their respective games.

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