You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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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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The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.
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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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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.
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The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
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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 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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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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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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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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