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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.

Derek Jeter

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
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Attribution Avoid Distraction Myself Necessary Success Understand
In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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Leadership People Yourself
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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Bad Goodness Play Shy Yourself
It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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Effort Hard Inspirational Play Talent
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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Competition Enjoyment Mistake Myself Race Street Try
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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Fun Goodness Myself People Warm
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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Finish Hard Work Play Yourself
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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Favorite Feeling Stadium Yourself
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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Forget Loss Myself Score Sports Win
I go into every game thinking I’m going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn’t enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Game Heroes Myself Thinking
There’s responsibility, but there’s also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.
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Accountability Action Bad Responsibility Yourself
If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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Care Match Play Sports Yourself
It doesn’t feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I’m on an All-Star team everyday.
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Different Feeling Myself Team
I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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Laughter Myself Right Thinking
Obviously, you’re known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You’re a person a lot longer before and after you’re a professional athlete.
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Athlete Goodness Person Professional Yourself
What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They’ve been supportive. They’re always there.
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Influence Kind Life Myself People Positive Support

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.

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