Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
DEREK JETERIf you’re going to play at all, you’re out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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As long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
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Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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 can see how people work out to feel better.
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The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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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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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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If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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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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