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Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees Legend Andy Pettitte Opens Up About Faith and HGH Scandal
Yankees Legend Andy Pettitte Opens Up About Faith and HGH Scandal originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Former Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte has never been shy about discussing his Christian faith. Today, Thursday, June 12, 2025, on Fox Nation's Ainsley's Bible Study, he and his wife, Laura, sat down with host Ainsley Earhardt to open up about how he felt God guided him through his use of human growth hormones (HGH) during his playing career and the expected consequences. Yankees legend Andy Pettitte and his wife, Laura, sit down with Fox Nation's Ainsley Earhardt during Ainsley's Bible Study to talk about his faith. Courtesy of Fox Nation Precious few people knew about his HGH use while recovering from arm injuries in 2002 and 2004. So, when Pettitte was named in The Mitchell Report late in 2007 and subsequently confirmed the report's findings, it left many in shock. Advertisement In the years that have followed, Pettitte has remained steadfast that his usage of HGH was brief and only to help facilitate recovery from his injuries and not for a boost in performance. While talking with Ainsley Earhardt, Pettitte brought up how his faith in God helped him through the fallout. 'I can honestly say, literally, like, as I walked through all of that, as humans, we kind of built up in our mind, like, what this is going to look like and how horrible this is going to be. And even though it was hard, it was tough to walk through, and, of course, the discussions at that age, when -- I needed to have with my kids and I wanted to talk to them about how to handle stuff…But, man, God -- just everything, as I walked through that, God just like covered it up. He really did. I thought everywhere I went after that, I was going to be booed in ballparks. And I never heard anybody say anything really. I mean, how does that happen?' Unlike many others named in The Mitchell Report, Pettitte was never the focus of the fans' scorn, thus allowing him to keep his legacy mostly intact. During the rest of the interview, which aired in full on Fox Nation, Pettitte also discussed his potent pickoff move and what it was like being teammates for so long with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams. Advertisement Related: Yankees Introduce Softball Game to Old-Timers' Day for First Time in Team History Related: Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton Nears Return with Rehab Assignment This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.
Fox News
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Yankees pitching legend Andy Pettitte opens up about choosing faith over worldly success
He has five World Series rings, fame and trophies – but for Yankees legend Andy Pettitte, faith comes first. From the mound to the chapel, Pettitte turned to Christ to get through tough times and confront some "big league" challenges. Now, with his wife Laura at his side, he's sharing his faith journey with Fox Nation subscribers. "One of the verses that I always remember and thought about is, 'What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?'" the pitching legend said on the latest episode of "Ainsley's Bible Study." "It's not about all the trophies and all the money and all of [the] fame. It's more about people's souls." After Pettitte found Christ at 11 years old, his faith continued to grow each year. He later met Laura at a Baptist church just outside of Houston where her father was a preacher, and the couple were married at a young age. "I just felt like I had a wonderful foundation with my faith to kind of carry me through all the trials and tribulations and all the great times that a baseball career can bring," he said on Monday's "Fox & Friends." Laura stayed by his side as he rose to fame in the big leagues, leaning heavily on her own faith – which she had harbored since early childhood – to get her through the tribulations that come with being an athlete's wife. "Through those times, with women pushing me out of the way, wanting to take their picture with him and different things… relying on the Lord and going to the Word, to my Bible, and prayer really through all of that time was [what got me through it]," she shared. Even as a rookie, Pettitte led Bible studies among his teammates — something he described as "tough" in the midst of disagreements from those around him. "You have to get to the point, obviously, where you don't care what anyone thinks of you. You're going to live your life, you know what you believe and the foundations that you kind of want to live and the principles you want to live your life on. Everyone's not going to always agree with you, but definitely as a younger player, it was tough," he said. "It was tough when you had to walk around the baseball locker room and say, 'Hey, we got chapel in five minutes,' and a lot of guys didn't want to hear that, but again, God's just always been very faithful, and I just had a lot of confidence in what he was going to do and how he was going to help me." "It's been wonderful during the course of my career to see people, see other teammates accept Jesus, and God is just good. That's all I can say."
