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.
DEREK JETERI get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I’m nervous for them.
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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
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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 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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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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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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You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I’m not going to lie to you. There’s a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
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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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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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The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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