{"id":26925,"date":"2025-03-04T00:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=26925"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:45:27","slug":"leah-pruett-when-i-first-met-tony-ill-be-honest-i-wasnt-sure-about-him-he-wasnt-exactly-my-type-at-that-time-i-was-laser-focused-on-my-racing-career-and-pers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=26925","title":{"rendered":"Leah Pruett: &#8221; When I first met Tony, I\u2019ll be honest\u2014I wasn\u2019t sure about him. He wasn\u2019t exactly my type. At that time, I was laser-focused on my racing career and personal goals, not thinking much about relationships. Tony, on the other hand, had this larger-than-life presence. He was confident, charismatic, and definitely had the kind of reputation that preceded him. But, I wasn\u2019t sure how to&#8230; SEE MORE\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leah Pruett continues: &#8220;\u2026navigate all of that. He was different from anyone I\u2019d ever met, and I wasn\u2019t sure if I was ready for all the attention and energy he brought into a room. I\u2019d always kept my personal life private, especially with everything that came with being in the spotlight. But Tony was persistent. He didn\u2019t just focus on my career; he took the time to understand me as a person, something that was rare in the world I lived in. 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