Would you let this man coach your kid’s baseball team?

He’s the three-time winner of the American League MVP award. He has more home runs than any current player in the MLB, with 654. He’s paid millions of dollars every year by the New York Yankees. Sounds like he must be a really great player, right? There is more to Alex Rodriguez than his impressive baseball stats. In 2003, A-Rod was first accused of using steroids to improve his performance. Back then, there weren’t too many rules about steroids, so he was let off pretty easy. However, recently he was caught using performance-enhancing drugs again, and was suspended for the entire 2014 season.

So what? He made a mistake—he’s only human, right? Maybe his offense could be forgivable, if it weren’t for his bad attitude about the whole situation. In both 2003 and 2013, A-Rod repeatedly denied using any drug to improve his game. In 2013, instead of admitting his mistake and apologizing, he sued the MLB for trying to suspend him, and said that the system was unfair and that he deserved no punishments. With this attitude, Rodriguez seems like an egotistical player who thinks that he is above the rules just because he makes so much money, is famous, and is a “good” baseball player. In reality, good athletes don’t use steroids to play well. They use hard work and dedication.

So, maybe statistically A-Rod is one of the best players of all time. Maybe he can teach your kids how to steal bases and how to hit a ball out of the park. But consider the messages he sends with his actions—that you need to use drugs to be good at your sport, that playing fair isn’t important, that if you are good enough you can do whatever you want and the rules don’t apply—are these messages that you would let any coach teach your kid? Baseball (and any other sport) is about love of the game and teamwork. What Alex Rodriguez did was just selfish and arrogant.