My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
DEREK JETERI try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.
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I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
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If I put my name on something, I’m going to be involved. I’m not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.
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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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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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I’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
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The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.
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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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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.
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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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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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I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
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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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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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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 try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.
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My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I’m going to try to beat her. And I’ll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.
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Obviously, you’re known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You’re a person a lot longer before and after you’re a professional athlete.
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I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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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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