As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
DEREK JETERAs long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
DEREK JETERI’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
DEREK JETERYou 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.
DEREK JETERI attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
DEREK JETERGod, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
DEREK JETERI’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
DEREK JETERDuring the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
DEREK JETERWe 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.
DEREK JETERI can see how people work out to feel better.
DEREK JETERThe last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
DEREK JETERI always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
DEREK JETERSneak 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.
DEREK JETERWhen it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
DEREK JETERI think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
DEREK JETERI’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.
DEREK JETERYou don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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