Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I’m not going to lie to you. There’s a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
DEREK JETERMy parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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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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My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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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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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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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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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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There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.
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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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I can have fun anywhere, as long as I’m with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.
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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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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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The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
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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 play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
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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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I’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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