You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
DEREK JETERI’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They’ve been supportive. They’re always there.
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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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So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it’s easy to say, ‘Ah, I’ll workout tomorrow.’ But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.
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If you’re going to win games, you’re going to have to come up with the big hits. That’s the bottom line.
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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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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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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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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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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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The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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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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You can’t be sensitive, because you’re going to get criticized. I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get criticized.
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I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.
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As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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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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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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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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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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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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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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