You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
DEREK JETERIf you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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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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There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.
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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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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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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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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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That’s how you win – pitching and defense.
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You can’t be sensitive, because you’re going to get criticized. I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get criticized.
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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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