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.
DEREK JETERI’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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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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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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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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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My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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It doesn’t feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I’m on an All-Star team everyday.
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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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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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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
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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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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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