My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
DEREK JETERI want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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 last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams – I’m not knocking other teams – but there’s only one shortstop on the Yankees.
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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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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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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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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in 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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I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don’t short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
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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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The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it’s a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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Obviously, you’re known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You’re a person a lot longer before and after you’re a professional athlete.
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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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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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