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.
DEREK JETERYou can’t be sensitive, because you’re going to get criticized. I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get criticized.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
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You’ve got to make adjustments as you get older.
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I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
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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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So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it’s easy to say, ‘Ah, I’ll workout tomorrow.’ But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.
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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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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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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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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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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 think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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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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Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
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