Derek Jeter Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“This is why you play -- to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,”
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“The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.”
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“When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.”
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“You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.”
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“I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.”
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“My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.”
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“During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.”
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“I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.”
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“My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.”
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“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”
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“You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.”
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“My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.”
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“Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.”
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“When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.”
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“My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.”
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“In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.”
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“I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.”
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“I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.”
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“The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.”
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“My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.”
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“I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.”
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“You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.”
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“I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.”
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“If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.”
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“Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.”
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“It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.”
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“We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.”
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“I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.”
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