The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
DEREK JETERThe 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.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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’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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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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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It doesn’t seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener
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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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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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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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