Alex Rodriguez Said That This Is the Best Advice His 'Mentor' Warren Buffett Ever Gave HimAccording to a recent interview, the former player and current baseball broadcaster owes Buffett a bit of a thank you.

Alex Rodriguez, the former Major League Baseball All-star, said he owes a few debts to legendary investor Warren Buffett ina newVanity Fairprofile.

According toa new piece on Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, the former player and current baseball broadcaster not only owes Buffett a bit of a financial thank you, but also a thank you for some life advice.

Rodriguez and the man known as the "Oracle of Omaha" first met, according toVanity Fair, when Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway underwrote disability insurance fora 10-year, $252 million contractbetween the Texas Rangers and Rodriguez.

The menstruck up a friendshipafter Rodriguez sent the legendary investor a note thanking him for underwriting the deal.According toVanity Fair, Buffett has been a "mentor" for Rodriguez and offered him both financial and personal advice.

Buffett toldVanity Fair's Bethany McLean that Rodriguez has a "money mind" and knows how to handle business "instinctively."

"A-Rod would have done very well in business if he had never seen a baseball," Buffett said.

Rodriguez said that Buffett gave him a few pieces of advice that have stuck with him. On the business side, A-Rod said that Buffett taught him to never personally guarantee any debt and to never hold too much cash, but rather put "your money in great businesses."

On the personal side, Rodriguez said that the investor's advice was even more simple.

"Warren said, "Go ahead, but you won't need it. Number one: Be the best baseball player you can be. Number two: Always be a gentleman. Be the best guy you can be'," Rodriguez toldVanity Fair. "That was simple, but it was so genius."

Read the full profile at Vanity Fair.