Alex Rodriguez knows there is life on the other side of a PED suspension and wishes the same for Robinson Cano.

Rodriguez shared his thoughts during the ESPN “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast about his friend and former Yankees teammate’s recent 80-game suspension for testing positive for Furosemide, a diuretic useed as a masking agent.

A-Rod called it “a tough one for me because I do love Robbie” when told by play-by-play man Matt Vasgersian that people wanted to hear his thoughts about the Mariners second baseman. The three-time MVP took it easy on Cano.

“I do know that it will be a long road back, a tough road back, but I’m confident that Robinson Cano is going to come back and continue his spectacular career and I hope at the same time he can learn a great lesson and make his life even better,” said Rodriguez as the Indians faced the Astros on Sunday.

Rodriguez was suspended for all of the 2014 season for PED use and his connection to the Biogenesis scandal.

While he damaged his chances of being inducted into the Hall of Fame — something Cano’s numbers would give him a chance to achieve — Rodriguez went on to play two more seasons with the Yankees and now has a budding broadcast career working for FOX and ESPN.