Tim McGraw on relationship with dad Tug McGraw: ‘How could I ever be angry?’
Tim McGraw, left, with his father, former baseball player Tug McGraw, in an undated photo.Tim McGraw may have grown up without knowing his father, pro baseball star Tug McGraw, but the two later formed a special bond.
The"Humble and Kind" singer opened up about his relationship with his dad, who died of brain cancer in 2004 at age 59, during After meeting for the first time later that same year, the father-son duo didn't see each other again until Tim McGraw was 18, and later grew close. Though Tug McGraw wasn't in his life when he was a child, Tim McGraw said simply knowing his dad was a famous athlete made him believe anything was possible when it came to his own future.
"So I found sort of that grit inside me that he must have had in order to succeed at what he did. And it changed what I thought I could make out of my life," added the singer, who shares three daughters with his wife, fellow country music star Faith Hill, 53.when he threw the first pitch at Game 4 of the World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals.
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