Derek Jeter Quotes
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I always try to take from past performances. You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same.
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One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson wandering around the locker room offering you advice.
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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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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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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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The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.
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I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
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The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.
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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.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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Nine games? It's too long.
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During the offseason, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.
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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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I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.
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You've got to make adjustments as you get older.
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Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.
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I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.
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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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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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The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.
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I just think that your private life is private. What I do is obviously public, I get that. I get the fact that people are interested. I'm interested in a lot of people as well. I've just chosen to stay as private as possible.
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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 went to school on Senior Skip Day.
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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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I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what it is. You want to race down the street, I want to beat you. If we're playing checkers, I want to win. You beat me, it's going to bother me. I just enjoy competition.
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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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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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It doesn't take talent to work hard.
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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win.
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