It’s never over. You don’t want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it’s not over until the last out.
DEREK JETERI 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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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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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
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Sneak 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.
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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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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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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 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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The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
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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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The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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This is why you play – to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.
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I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I’m nervous for them.
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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 think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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It doesn’t feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I’m on an All-Star team everyday.
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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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If you’re going to win games, you’re going to have to come up with the big hits. That’s the bottom line.
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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 looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn’t have to look far for role models.
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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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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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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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