It doesn’t take talent to work hard.
DEREK JETERThere’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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I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.
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It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
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My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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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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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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Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I’m not going to lie to you. There’s a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
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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 always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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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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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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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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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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I’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
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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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