The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
DEREK JETERAs long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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 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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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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Everyone fears rejection.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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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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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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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Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.
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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
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Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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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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You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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I like to dance and sing when there’s no one around, but, if I’m out, I’m really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.
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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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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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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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My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you’re a kid, you want to be just like your dad.
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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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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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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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