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00:00I'm John Cena, and I love cars.
00:07Ever since I got my first ride at 14,
00:10I've been obsessed with everything about them.
00:12There's no cool way to do this.
00:14Hey, guys. I'm in the car.
00:16I've had the privilege of driving them all,
00:18from luxury cars to SUVs to sports cars.
00:2130 to 100 miles an hour in a matter of seconds.
00:24If it's got four wheels,
00:26I need to know every single detail about it.
00:29I feel like when you run out of the tunnel at WrestleMania,
00:33that's how excited I am.
00:35The passion I have for cars is matched by the admiration I have
00:38for people with grit, drive, and perseverance.
00:42And to me, there's nothing better than connecting with someone
00:45to find out what fuels their drive to succeed.
00:48So join me as I spend time with the most successful celebrities
00:51on the planet and talk about what drives them,
00:54both on the road and in their heart.
00:57We'll get intimate details and some stories you've never heard before,
01:01as well as taking a look at their really, really, really cool rides.
01:07This is What Drives You with John Cena.
01:11Today, I'm in Los Angeles to meet up with one of baseball's most prolific players,
01:18Mookie Betts.
01:21Since joining the league in 2014, he's conquered Major League Baseball.
01:25In his first 10 years, he's been a seven-time All-Star,
01:31won six Golden Gloves, and was voted American League MVP.
01:35He's won the World Series twice, and it's stats like this
01:39that make Mookie worth his weight in gold.
01:41Mookie!
01:43It's why the Dodgers traded for him in 2020
01:45and gave him a deal worth $365 million,
01:49the third richest contract in North American sports ever.
01:53Married with two kids, I'm curious to hear how his athletic career began
01:59and how he balances the long baseball season with his family.
02:03Plus, I hear he's a pretty good bowler.
02:07I know what he's thinking.
02:33He didn't see anybody here.
02:36How you doing, sir?
02:40How you doing, man?
02:42You good?
02:43Thanks for making me feel at home and invisible.
02:44I appreciate that.
02:45I only needed one.
02:46That was the only one I needed.
02:47You don't have to worry about it for the rest of the time.
02:49You're a ginormous human being.
02:51Well, that's an interesting assessment.
02:53Thank you very much for having me today.
02:55I'm a car guy.
02:56Would you consider yourself a car guy?
02:58I wouldn't say I'm a car guy.
02:59I like cars, but I wouldn't consider myself a car guy.
03:05Maybe I am.
03:07I don't know.
03:08Do you have a favorite?
03:09Do you have a daily driver?
03:10I would say my iX.
03:13It's big enough so I can put all my sports in the car at one time.
03:17So I can go from one to another.
03:19What other sports do you play?
03:20I want to take you to the bowling alley, bro.
03:22But first, I want to drill you a ball.
03:24But before I get to drill you a ball, I want to show you a new car that I got that really wasn't my idea.
03:31It was a couple of my homeboys who you'll meet later on.
03:35They tell me I need to live life, spend a little money, something.
03:38I'm going to take you.
03:39Let's go look at it.
03:40Can we go look at it?
03:41Yeah, absolutely.
03:42Absolutely.
03:43I don't know if I can fit through there.
03:44I know I'm invisible.
03:45Raise.
03:47So I just got this again.
03:49Oh, my goodness.
03:50My boys care about it a lot more than I do.
03:53Well, I just became one of your boys.
03:54Yeah.
03:58I'm going to pull it out to you.
04:00This car is beautiful.
04:03Uh, nothing matches the hand-built attention from a car from Rolls-Royce.
04:11This one is very unique.
04:13I'm going to try to keep my excitement to a min, but this is, uh, this is very, very nice.
04:22This is, uh, by the looks of it, a Rolls-Royce Cullinan black badge.
04:28Named after the Cullinan diamond, a 3,000-carat gemstone discovered in South Africa in 1905,
04:35the Rolls-Royce Cullinan has a base price of $325,000.
04:41But expensive doesn't mean fragile.
04:44The Cullinan's tough.
04:45Rolls-Royce sent adventurer Cory Richards to the world's most challenging locations
04:50and had him test the car to the point of destruction.
04:53But no matter who's in the car, after a day of off-roading, one can relax with the built-in fridge
04:59that comes with a whiskey decanter, tumblers, and champagne flutes.
05:04Man, Rolls is known for, obviously, the stationary hubcaps.
05:07You move, they don't.
05:08You can tell it's a black badge by the wheels.
05:10Grill, the blacked-out flying lady, the Rolls-Royce badge.
05:14Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:16The color alone is a special order.
05:18And that didn't even see.
05:20Everything from Rolls-Royce.
05:21You can get anything you want from them, but everything costs money.
05:23Mm-hmm.
05:24So your boys, they chose wisely.
05:26Yeah.
05:27I mean, just the Cullinan, which is this little stripe, costs a whole lot extra.
05:32I would love to take a look inside if that's all right.
05:34Open it, please.
05:35Dude, this is impressive.
05:41You can tell the car has been completely special ordered because Rolls-Royce will allow you to do a few different color shapes.
05:47Three is kind of the maximum they allow you to do.
05:50You have all three.
05:51So you have the orange and green that's on the outside.
05:54They finished it with an exceptional navy.
05:58This is an amazing vehicle.
06:00Before we get in it, though, I want to take you over and make you a bowling ball.
06:05You have made my day.
06:07This is an amazing vehicle.
06:12Before we get in it, though, I want to take you over and make you a bowling ball.
06:17You have made my day.
06:19This is my gift for you.
06:21I appreciate that.
06:22This is where I drill the bowling balls.
06:25Okay.
06:26So are you familiar with bowling at all?
06:28Anything?
06:29A little bit.
06:30I do know that 300 is perfect.
06:31Yep.
06:32And I know that you are the owner of a few sanctioned 300 games.
06:35A couple.
06:36Congratulations.
06:37Thank you, sir.
06:38You have your work cut out for you as a coach because I'm not any good.
06:40That's okay.
06:41So you're going to have to make me better.
06:42I feel like you're an athlete, so you'll figure it out.
06:46Given the clay to be molded you see in front of you, what will be my score today?
06:51I think your score will be 123.
06:56Okay.
06:57All right.
06:58What will you roll today?
06:59I don't know.
07:00Is 240 enough?
07:01Is that enough?
07:02Okay.
07:03Now, how will you feel if I beat you?
07:05Ooh.
07:06Man, I probably quit.
07:11What's going on right now?
07:13I'm just trying to make sure the thumb is going to be...
07:16Mm-hmm.
07:17Mm-hmm.
07:18That it's going to be kind of close.
07:19We'll make it work.
07:22Oh, .
07:23It's going to get loud.
07:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:25Go for it.
07:26Go for it.
07:27I'm interested.
07:28This is the part that's like bent for me.
07:30No kidding.
07:32So this is kind of like your meditations thing.
07:34Yeah.
07:35That's beautiful.
07:36What is your earliest memory of bowling?
07:40Me and my mom bowled in a youth adult league together.
07:45Okay.
07:46And the first year we bowled in the league, we won the league.
07:49That's like a super, super special memory,
07:51because even now we're bowling in the league together.
07:53No kidding.
07:54Yeah, even now we still do.
07:55It's like our thing.
07:56It means more than just bowling.
07:57It's just something me and my mom, we just love doing.
08:00All right, let's put your hand in there and see if it's throwable.
08:18I just want to make sure your thumb doesn't get stuck.
08:21Okay.
08:22Like, if you put it in, it's uncomfortable.
08:25I mean, we're walking into some weird territory right now.
08:30It's pretty comfortable.
08:31Is that fine?
08:32I think so.
08:33Okay, let's go.
08:34Right on.
08:35Let me get my balls.
08:36Lukey Betts is getting his balls and carrying mine.
08:38Getting my balls.
08:40There's a nice sack you got there.
08:42I brought my big sack.
08:44Yeah.
08:45I'm just going to keep rolling with it.
08:46Lukey Betts' balls are heavy.
08:48I said it.
08:52What I got to tell you guys,
08:54there's a set of seats under here that you can set up on the back.
08:57Yeah, you should.
08:58You want to sit on it?
08:59I think we should.
09:03And you just kind of sit here and hang out.
09:06This?
09:07What the fudge?
09:08You've already made my day.
09:10I have a little bit of education in bowling now.
09:12I want to get more education in baseball,
09:14but I want to do that on the ride.
09:15Let's do it.
09:17Let's do it.
09:18Do you want to hold the door open or you got it?
09:23Yeah.
09:24Yeah, I would.
09:25That'd be great.
09:26Yep.
09:27That'd be great.
09:33Hold it.
09:37Dude.
09:38I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
09:49How did you grow up?
09:50My parents did an amazing job with me.
09:52Like, I had an awesome childhood.
09:54What I remember is, I think I was eight and my dad retired.
09:58When he came home, that was when I really took off.
10:02Because he was coming to practices.
10:04We were outside practicing.
10:05He was taking me to the best coaches.
10:07We were going to all the best camps.
10:09We were traveling everywhere to play ball.
10:12I was playing ball pretty much every day between baseball,
10:16basketball, football.
10:17And there's something about having your mom and your dad there
10:20that makes you comfortable, you know?
10:23Nothing's gonna shake you when you got a foundation on.
10:26Nothing's gonna shake you when you got that thought of love.
10:31What was the biggest piece of advice you received from your parents?
10:34Mm.
10:35Or the best piece of advice?
10:38Well, my mom always said, if you're not good at something, punt.
10:43And go find something else you're good at.
10:45Like, if I want to be a mechanic, and I fail this test two or three times,
10:50you could.
10:51If you keep trying again, there's nothing wrong with that.
10:54But my mom was like, why?
10:56Find something else you're good at.
10:58No one to punt.
10:59My dad taught me everything about investing money.
11:04Hmm.
11:05I mean, obviously, all the father-son things, birds and the bees,
11:08he gave me all of that.
11:09But the thing that he really instilled in me the most
11:12was investing and saving money.
11:16Be wise with your finances.
11:18Man, I do not think enough folks get that advice.
11:22When you got drafted, what year?
11:232011.
11:24I was 18.
11:25And now you are 31.
11:2631.
11:27Mm-hmm.
11:28What's been the biggest change now in your life?
11:29I would say the biggest change is becoming an entrepreneur,
11:30my production company, and just myself, right?
11:32And then there's also the kids, and then being married.
11:33Those things...
11:34Congratulations on both of those.
11:35Thank you, thank you, thank you, sir.
11:36Me and my wife, we bowled in league on Monday, so I make it a point to spend time with her,
11:53and her and my mom bond through bowling as well.
11:56They bowled in doubles tournaments and all those type of things together.
11:59So bowling is...it was the first thing I started doing.
12:02I was doing that before I started playing baseball.
12:08I'm sure when people envision who you are, they envision you in uniform.
12:12Yes.
12:13But there is a Mookie Betts when the uniform comes off, when the face comes off.
12:18What do you think are the major differences between the Mookie Betts in the uniform and when the face comes off?
12:27What do you think are the major differences between the Mookie Betts in the uniform and when the face comes off?
12:35I would say I feel like I come off very warm, hospitable.
12:39I use my manners and hold the doors open for people.
12:42I do a lot of things that my parents instilled in me.
12:45But when I step on the field, I have fire.
12:48I have a fire in me that I can't really explain.
12:50When I was younger, the Mookie Betts in uniform was quiet,
12:55and that was the only way for me to kind of withstand holding the fire within me.
13:00You know what I'm saying?
13:01Now when I'm playing, that fire is still there, but I know how to leave it there.
13:06I know how to turn it on and off.
13:08So now if you're in the stands, I'm gonna come say hi to you.
13:11I'm gonna throw you a ball.
13:12Whereas before you couldn't.
13:13I wouldn't do that.
13:14Okay.
13:15I keep getting better.
13:16I keep getting better.
13:17I keep getting better.
13:18I keep getting better.
13:19I keep getting better.
13:20Every time they come around here, I gotta keep things clear like back.
13:23I keep getting better.
13:24When I go to a Dodger game, what do I have to do?
13:27We're gonna have you take BP.
13:29That's a mandatory.
13:30Man, I couldn't.
13:31I couldn't hit water if I fell out of a boat.
13:33Well.
13:34I'm going blind.
13:35That's okay.
13:36I have to hold my book like this.
13:37I'll tell you what.
13:38You're gonna have to swing.
13:39You gave me the Flintstone bat.
13:40I mean, the cricket paddle.
13:41There's no way for you to hit a home run without swinging.
13:44You know what I'm saying?
13:45That's good life advice.
13:46So, we're gonna try that.
13:47Okay.
13:48And then after that, I personally haven't had a Dodger dog.
13:52You haven't had one.
13:53I haven't had one, but I got nine more years.
13:56When you said, I have nine more years.
13:58Mm-hmm.
13:59Is that it?
14:00Yeah.
14:01Yeah, for sure.
14:02I mean...
14:03For sure?
14:04For sure.
14:05I'd be 40 and my little girl would be 14, 15.
14:08My son will be, you know, 10.
14:11I know for me, like, my parents were always there and I want to do that same thing for my kids.
14:18It's just about being there because these 10 years and really since she's been born.
14:24So, when I retire, like, I won't be able to be there for her.
14:27You know?
14:28The baseball season is long.
14:29It's long.
14:30I won't be able to be there for her.
14:31Spring training starts in February.
14:33And ends in November.
14:34Right.
14:35That's what we signed up for, so you kind of got to do it.
14:39And for you today, knowing the finality of that, like, the end of the road for me is going to be nine years from now.
14:45How does that make you feel?
14:47Baseball is something you've done pretty much your entire life.
14:50Yeah.
14:51Towards the end, I mean, it's probably going to suck, man.
14:54You know, it's kind of for a while what defined me.
14:57Because, I mean, there's no way for me to substitute going into the locker room, being on a plane, developing relationships with so many people for 20, 30 years.
15:07There's no way to...
15:08There's an incredible life to live.
15:10Every time you hear the crack of a bat and the roar of the crowd.
15:15Yeah.
15:16Yeah.
15:17From someone who's...
15:19I got to hang it up soon.
15:21I just don't know when.
15:22Yeah.
15:23Every...
15:24Man, I want to be there still.
15:25Yeah.
15:26I didn't even think about it.
15:27That's a great question.
15:28Like, knowing that only you got nine years left.
15:29Like, I remember when I first signed it, like, 12 years.
15:31Oh, my gosh.
15:32I signed it 12 years, and then now it's like every year you're saying one less, you know?
15:37You have to find more meaning in life outside.
15:41That's why.
15:42It is not what defines you.
15:43And that's why I'm doing my production company.
15:45You know, I'm trying to build just Mookie Betts Enterprises.
15:48With all my close friends, I think it'll really help the transition.
15:53You talked about your friends.
15:54Yeah.
15:55Friends from what phase of your life?
15:58There's four of us that have been best friends since sixth grade.
16:02Cam Lewis, Brandon McPhail, and Andrew Montgomery.
16:06Me and Cam are my production company.
16:08Mm-hmm.
16:09And a guy named Jeff Mason we call One.
16:12Number One, we've been friends with him for, like, the last 12, 13 years or so.
16:17Right now, at 31, with this road ahead of you, and with all the things we've talked about, what drives you?
16:24I want to say just my family, my kids.
16:28You know, I know it's really, really cliche, but as a man, you're supposed to provide and protect, right?
16:33If I see them happy, then that's what makes me happy.
16:36That's where my inner peace lies.
16:38You are wise beyond your years.
16:49Ah, thank you, man. Thank you.
16:50And give your mom and dad a hug for me.
16:52I'm making sure I do. You too, bro.
16:54In my perspective, they have raised you right.
16:57And for you today, I will bowl a 120 or a greater.
17:00Okay.
17:01123?
17:02120.
17:03All right.
17:04One, two, three.
17:05I like our chances.
17:06I like our chances with that.
17:12These are my guys.
17:13Guys, how are you?
17:14So, this is Cam.
17:16Cam, how you doing?
17:17I'm Cam.
17:18I heard a lot about you.
17:19I heard a good thing.
17:20Hey, this is one.
17:21One.
17:22Pleasure to meet you, my friend.
17:23Good to see you, bud.
17:24You guys have known Mookie forever.
17:26Yeah.
17:27I want to get to talking to you about the entrepreneurial side of Mookie Betts.
17:32Okay.
17:33So, business-wise.
17:34Production company was started.
17:35Yeah.
17:36One marketing group.
17:37Wow.
17:38New venture for you guys.
17:39What is it about entertainment?
17:40Why entertainment?
17:41To create shows.
17:42Yeah.
17:43What do you guys want to make shows about?
17:44Our lives, our experiences.
17:46Our culture.
17:47You know, our culture.
17:48And our struggles.
17:49Do you have, uh...
17:50And successes.
17:51Yeah.
17:52You've got, like...
17:53A lot of...
17:54There's...
17:55Two sides of the coin.
17:56Yes.
17:57You know what I'm saying?
17:58Yeah.
17:59What have you learned?
18:00Patience.
18:01Patience.
18:02Yeah.
18:03Patience.
18:04You're gonna be all right.
18:05Yeah.
18:06Yeah.
18:07Do we go for it?
18:08Yeah, I gave you a strike to start, so...
18:09Yeah, good luck.
18:10Oh, jeez.
18:11Come on, sit down.
18:12I don't want to say you do me a favor.
18:18Your ball feels great.
18:20Nice.
18:21So that's good, right?
18:22No.
18:23No.
18:24No.
18:25No.
18:26No.
18:27No.
18:28No.
18:29No.
18:30That's not good, like the bombs.
18:31Any tips?
18:32Now you've seen my gracious form?
18:33Any tips?
18:34No, I think it's too far gone.
18:35Too far gone.
18:36At this rate, I think you may struggle to get to 123.
18:38No, I'm gonna make it, dude.
18:39I'm gonna make it.
18:40We're gonna see.
18:41There we go.
18:42No, no, no, no.
18:43You still can't get 123, but you gotta make one of these to break a hundred.
18:48Yeah.
18:49You still can't get 123, but you gotta make one of these to break a hundred.
18:55Yeah.
18:56You still can't get 123, but you gotta make one of these to break a hundred.
19:01I think it's easy to see this right here.
19:14Oh, God.
19:15Here we go.
19:16Oh, my God.
19:17I deserve that.
19:22I deserve that.
19:27I'll take a 99.
19:28That's a strong first effort.
19:29Thanks for spotting me 10 on the front.
19:31Because I needed it.
19:32I can't.
19:33There we go.
19:34If I get all three of these strikes, get a turkey.
19:37I would, a turkey would be nice to you.
19:38We haven't seen one yet today.
19:44Oh, yeah.
19:45That one guy's good.
19:49At least, right?
19:50That one's pretty.
19:51Oh, God.
19:59Oh, John.
20:01Oh, gosh.
20:03My heart breaks.
20:04Oh, my gosh, John.
20:05My heart breaks.
20:07Well, we broke 200.
20:08We broke 200.
20:09I'm not a bowler.
20:12So, I'm gonna leave you guys with that.
20:14Thank you so much, man.
20:15Nice to meet you, man.
20:16It's a pleasure.
20:17Yes, sir.
20:18It's a pleasure.
20:19Thank you, my friend.
20:20Very nice.
20:21Likewise.
20:22Thank you for having me on, brother.
20:23Dude.
20:24Yes, sir.
20:25Man, my day.
20:26Congratulations on the ride.
20:27This was on the circle of folks you got around you.
20:28Yes, sir.
20:30Thank you so much.
20:31The only thing I need you to take with you is the ball, but don't use it anymore.
20:33No, no, no.
20:34I've gotten all the bad juju out of that.
20:35Yeah.
20:36But can I take it with me?
20:37Yeah, take it.
20:38That 99 is beautiful up there.
20:39Nice.
20:46Taking my ball and going hard.
20:47Let's go.
20:48Let's go.
20:49Let's go.
20:50Let's go.
20:55Mookie may be a future baseball hall of famer.
20:58And with all that talent, he's also shown that nice guys can finish first.
21:04As for his Rolls Royce Coleman, Mookie's friends chose well.
21:08It's elegant and top of class.
21:10And yet, Mookie is equally comfortable driving it to his favorite bowling alley to play with
21:16his wife and his mom.
21:18Whether he's knocking down pins or knocking it out of the park, one thing's for sure, Mookie's a baller.
21:28Welcome back to a place that drives me, my garage.
21:40Behold, the 2021 Honda Civic Type R.
21:45Now, this vehicle is very special because it symbolizes a relationship with myself and the Honda family.
21:52I'm very proud to be the voice of Honda, and it's as if they made a Honda Civic for me.
21:57It's a car for everyday life with the heartbeat of a racing motor.
22:03You get a manual transmission with three pedals and a gear shifter.
22:07Nowadays, that's the best anti-theft device on the market.
22:10And it's a hatchback with a huge trunk.
22:13So, if I go to a car show and buy another car, I can store it in here and ride home.
22:20So, enough talk about this beauty. Let's take it for a drive.
22:27This is my daily driving. It's fun. It keeps you engaged.
22:33There it is.
22:35So, now we get into our why. This car is especially important to me.
22:39To me, it signifies growth. Here I am, stubborn in my ways of what I like in cars, thinking I know it all.
22:46And then along comes this 2021 Type R Civic. I have had my eyes open.
22:52There's something in the road, guys. Don't worry. Just cushions.
22:56Look at that. Handled dangerous terrain.
23:00You can have comfort, reliability, curb appeal, and flat-out fun all within the confine of four wheels.
23:09Sometimes, you got to admit that you don't know it all, and that is what my daily driver means to me.
23:15So, until next time, this is John Cena reminding you to always ask yourself, what drives you?
23:23That's you.
23:24That's you.
23:30And now, we look down at this stage again.
23:32I've been walking around, I've never been dólar without a concern so I can honor my hypocrite.
23:37Check this out.
23:43And I've been looking.
23:46Go to hell.
23:51We hope you get onto that like this, Sandra in the woods.
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