Derek Jeter Quotes

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.

Derek Jeter Quotes

Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person.
Derek Jeter Quotes

You’re playing a game, whether it’s Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It’s impossible to do well unless you’re having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there’s pressure. But I just look at it as fun.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
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Any player that says they don’t want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It’s something everyone wants to be a part of.
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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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Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
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You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we’re playing a game. It’s a business, it’s our job, but I don’t think you can do well unless you’re having fun.
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When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.
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I voted for Obama.
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I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.
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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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Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did.
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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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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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My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.
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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 always take criticism as a challenge. It’s the way I’ve always looked at it.
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You tell me you want to race down the street, I’m going to try to beat you. 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 think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they’re asked questions and they think they have to find a way to answer it. If you ask me a question and I say, ‘I don’t know,’ there’s really no follow-up.
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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 hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.
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I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. 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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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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The thing that means the most to me is being remembered as a Yankee, because that’s what I’ve always wanted to be, was to be a Yankee.
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You’re a person a lot longer before and after you’re a professional athlete. People always say to me, ‘Your image is this, your image is that.’ Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person. That’s what I worry about.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I’m very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I’m going to try to beat her. And I’ll probably enjoy it!
Derek Jeter Quotes

I’m very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I’m going to try to beat her. And I’ll probably enjoy it!
Derek Jeter Quotes

You gotta have fun.
Derek Jeter Quotes

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
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I went to school on Senior Skip Day.
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You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer.
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Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible
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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’ve always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents.
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God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
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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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I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
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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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When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
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You don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
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The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan’s really cold
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The draft is a crapshoot, so I’ve been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.
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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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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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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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That’s how you win – pitching and defense.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. 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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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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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 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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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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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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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
Derek Jeter Quotes

You gotta have fun.
Derek Jeter Quotes

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I went to school on Senior Skip Day.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.
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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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I remember going from rookie ball to A, to double A, then to triple A. At every level it seemed like the game was faster. The bigger the situation, the more the game speeds up. That’s all mental. It messes people up.
Derek Jeter Quotes

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
Derek Jeter Quotes

My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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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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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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That’s how you win – pitching and defense.
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Not everybody’s a baseball fan.
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I’d like to get a degree. You ever see the movie ‘Back to School?’ I’ll go back with my kids.

Derek Jeter Quotes

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.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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I’m not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There’s more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it’s a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.
Derek Jeter Quotes

I’ve been asked to sign a forehead.

Derek Jeter Quotes