It doesn’t feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I’m on an All-Star team everyday.
DEREK JETERI 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.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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.
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I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
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When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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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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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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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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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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I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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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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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I’m nervous for them.
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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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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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