Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.
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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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 love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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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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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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