Derek Jeter Quotes

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• I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
• Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
• It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.
• The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
• I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
• 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…
• 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.
• The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.
• The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.
• Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.
• 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…
• 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.
• Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
• I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.
• I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
• The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.
• I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
• In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, and…
• I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.
• 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,…

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