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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.

Derek Jeter

I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.
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Distraction Myself Thinking
You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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Accident World Yourself
The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it’s a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.
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Body Difference Easy Myself Old Stay
I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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Ideas Myself Need People Thinking
I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
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Different Myself Play
Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important.
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Athletics Different Health Important Opportunity Run
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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Athlete Goodness Person Professional Yourself
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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Favorite Feeling Stadium Yourself
My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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Best Hide Myself People Vacation Warm
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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Myself Parents Teacher Time
Defense usually doesn’t make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.
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Defense Game Headline Myself Play Win
God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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God Hope Jersey Myself
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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Big Game Win Yourself
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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Brother Game Goodness Myself People
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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Fun Goodness Myself People Warm
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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Feeling Job Move Myself Start
I never think about my own stats, as long as I’m contributing to the team.
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Contribution Myself Team Thinking
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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Attention Myself Name Pay
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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Better Early Feeling Morning Myself
What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They’ve been supportive. They’re always there.
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Influence Kind Life Myself People Positive Support
If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.
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Care Match Play Sports Yourself
My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
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Dreams Future Heroes Yourself
We just want to win. That’s the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.
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Focus Line Myself Past Present Reflection Thinking Win
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
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Finish Hard Work Play Yourself
I always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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Challenge Criticism Myself Way
My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.
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Believe Inspirational Myself Parents
I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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Family Forever Myself

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