You have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
DEREK JETERI will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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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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The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.
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Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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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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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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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 never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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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 play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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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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I’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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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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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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