My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
DEREK JETERThere’s responsibility, but there’s also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.
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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 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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You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we’re playing a game. It’s a business, it’s our job, but I don’t think you can do well unless you’re having fun.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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 like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
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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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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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I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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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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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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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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