I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
DEREK JETERI always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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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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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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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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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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We just want to win. That’s the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.
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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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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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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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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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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 always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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