Alex Rodriguez says that he has "given up" on trying to be widely liked, accepting the fact that many people simply don't like him. "I've given up on that; it's just the way it is," the Yankees third basemen told YES' Michael Kay in an interview recorded earlier this month. "I mean, look, I feel like right now that not too many people like me, so I've given up on that. "As long as my teammates like me, and they respect me, and my two daughters love their Daddy, I'm going to go out and do the very best I can. Look, I really screwed up, and for that I'm sorry."