Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
DEREK JETERYour image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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Defense usually doesn’t make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.
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I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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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 don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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You 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.
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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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That’s how you win – pitching and defense.
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I’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
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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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When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.
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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 always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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