The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
DEREK JETERI’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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I’ve been lying to you guys for a long time, saying I wasn’t nervous and there’s no pressure. There was a lot of pressure to do it here.
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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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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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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don’t short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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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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I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn’t have to look far for role models.
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So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it’s easy to say, ‘Ah, I’ll workout tomorrow.’ But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.
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I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.
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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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I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
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