If you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
DEREK JETERI try to stay as private as possible; I know that’s difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.
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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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My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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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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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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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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My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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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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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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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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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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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