Without question my family has been a huge factor in keeping me consistent as a competitor. They have been at quite a few home games, every year. Baseball is a game where failure is inherent. Even batting .333 means you fail two-thirds of the time. The thing you need is people around you who are going to stay positive. The media has a tendency to be negative on most days, so if I didn’t have people around me to support me, I wouldn’t be able to do what I do.
I think it’s even more important that I have people around me who are always going to be honest with me and tell me what they think I’m doing wrong or right. My family and friends are those people for me. It’s simple: I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for my family. You have to have a good support group, regardless of your profession. If you have any level of success or any level of failure, you have to have a network of people to lean on and count on.