If you’re going to win games, you’re going to have to come up with the big hits. That’s the bottom line.
DEREK JETERYour image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don’t short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
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I go into every game thinking I’m going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn’t enjoy it.
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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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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 play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
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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 think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
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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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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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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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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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