I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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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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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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If you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
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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 play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
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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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I like to dance and sing when there’s no one around, but, if I’m out, I’m really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.
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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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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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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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I’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
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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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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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