Alex Rodríguez narra la lucha de su madre tras la separación de sus padres: “Desde niño supe que tenía que enfocarme para ayudarla”

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00:00Where are you from, Miami?

00:01Miami, I got here in the 9 years.

00:03And here, what did you do, normal studies?

00:06I started here in the 9 years, I started playing football,

00:11and I started playing football, and my two focus were school and football.

00:17When did you see that you had opportunities?

00:209, you go to the 16,

00:22what year did you want to sign that you saw

00:26that there were people behind you, talent?

00:30Your mom always supported you?

00:32Always, always.

00:33My mom, my dad, I had my mom, I had my mom, I had 10 years old,

00:38and that gave me a hit very, very strong.

00:43My mom, then, she started looking for two jobs.

00:46She was secretary in the morning, and in the night,

00:50I helped in Latin America, a restaurant here in Coral Way,

00:59in Porta, Miami Park, and she was waitress in the night.

01:03And I knew that I had to focus on my soccer and my studies,

01:07because my mom was busy, and everyone worked.

01:10For the rent, it was $600.

01:12Wow.

01:13And David, those $600, that's how we're going to look for $600

01:16to pay the rent and to help a mom.

01:18So, from early, to 12, 13 years,

01:21I knew that I had to focus on being a good boy

01:25to help a mom.

01:27And mom always helped me,

01:28but, however, I never had time to go to my night game.

01:31So, I sometimes sat there, in the Boys and Girls Club,

01:34and all my friends had two parents there.

01:37And sometimes, I was sad, because my dad was a kid,