When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
DEREK JETEREveryone fears rejection.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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If you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
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When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.
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Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important.
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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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Everyone fears rejection.
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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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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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The 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.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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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 think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
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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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