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Derek Jeter

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    Derek Jeter

    A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win.

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    As long as I'm having fun I'm going to play.

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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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    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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    Derek Jeter

    During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.

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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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    For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it now, it amazes me. It's very impressive, it gives them something productive to do as opposed to getting in trouble. For them to take time out at such a young age is remarkable. I think all kids should take a little time out to volunteer.

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    God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.

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    Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

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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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    I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When people are negative a lot, it starts to creep into your mind, and then you start having doubts, and I don’t like that. If there’s another way, show me. My job is to stay positive. My job is to limit distractions. And if you get annoyed by that, I don’t expect you to understand because you’re not in my shoes.

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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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    I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

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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 can see how people work out to feel better.

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    If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to my left. That's why those statistics aren't accurate. You're changing for every batter, sometimes with every pitch. You really can't make one statistic for every shortstop. You have to go by what you see.

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

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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 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 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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    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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    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 love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

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    I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.

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    Derek Jeter

    I'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.

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    I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team.

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    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 there's only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can't compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.

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    It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.

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    It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

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    It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

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    I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

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    I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.

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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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    I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.

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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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    I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult. It's funny, because I was never big into autographs as a kid. The only player who I ever wanted an autograph from was Dave Winfield.

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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 want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.

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    It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.

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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've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.

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    I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.

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    I went to school on Senior Skip Day.

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    I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.

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    MVP, you could have picked a name out of a hat... we have a group of MVPs. You don't rely on one guy. You have to get contributions from everyone.

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    My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.