Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
DEREK JETERSurround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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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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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’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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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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As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
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Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important.
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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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Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I’m not going to lie to you. There’s a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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I 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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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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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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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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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