WATCH: Angels' Cole Tucker emphasizes on keeping 'positive mindset', credits wife Vanessa Hudgens' support for successful season
LA Angels outfielder Cole Tucker became father to a baby earlier this month. He spoke about the importance of mental health among athletes as they also have a heartbeat inside and are human just like everyone else.
While talking to AJ Ramos of "The Locker Room," Tucker talked about how keeping a positive mindset as an athlete helps overcome challenges. (Start at 2:30)
"There's so much that will show up in the season and in spring training, especially you just got to make sure to have your most positive mental frame to show up every day and it comes from a lot of different places," Tucker said.
He also credits his family, wife Vanessa Hudgens, and friends, whom he can lean on during tough times. (Start at 2:39)
"My wife, my parents, my brothers, my friends, you know, you lean on a lot of people, especially during the season because everybody looks at us like we're just athletes but there's a human being with a heartbeat in there. You got to take care of that human being first. You know we got to show up and be our best version of ourselves and you hope that trickles into the game."
Cole Tucker and Vanessa Hudgens became parents, paparazzi leaked couple's private moments without consent
Earlier this month, the paparazzi leaked photos of Cole Tucker and Vanessa Hudgens, spotting them outside a hospital in Santa Monica, LA, with a baby. Hudgens was in a wheelchair, being helped off by the nurse, while Tucker was right behind her in a hoodie.
The baby was born around Tucker's birthday, July 3. Paparazzi leaked these photos on the internet without the consent of the couple, thereby invading their privacy.
This was followed by Vanessa Hudgens lashing out at the paparazzi for invading the couple's privacy.
"We're disappointed that our family's privacy was disrespected and exploited during this very special time due to the greed of a long lens camera feeding the media," she wrote on social media. "Despite all of that, mom, dad, and baby are happy and healthy," Hudgens wrote per WION.
So far, neither Cole Tucker nor Vanessa Hudgens has shared any more information regarding their baby.