The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.
DEREK JETERIt doesn’t seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener
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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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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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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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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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You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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If I put my name on something, I’m going to be involved. I’m not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.
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You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you’re doing bad you shouldn’t shy away from them and when doing good, don’t run up to them.
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Defense usually doesn’t make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.
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I’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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It doesn’t seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener
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Sneak out when things go good. It bothers me when people have good games and stand in front of their locker waiting for the media, then they have bad games and sneak out the back.
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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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I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I’m not going to lie to you. There’s a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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