You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
DEREK JETERI always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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There’s responsibility, but there’s also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.
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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 love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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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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I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I’m nervous for them.
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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you’re doing bad you shouldn’t shy away from them and when doing good, don’t run up to them.
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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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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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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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I’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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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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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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