Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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
Down
Street
Race
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Life
Parents
People
" The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold. "
Derek Jeter
Baseball
Playing
Know
" When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses. "
Derek Jeter
Younger
Excuses
Make
" The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder. "
Derek Jeter
You
Want
Last
" I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal. "
Derek Jeter
Team
Day
Want
" I want to have a family. "
Derek Jeter
Family
Want
" 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! "
Derek Jeter
Time
Parents
Me
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Good
Good Person
Professional
" Not everybody's a baseball fan. "
Derek Jeter
Everybody
Baseball
Fan
" I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea. "
Derek Jeter
People
Used
Think
" I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated. "
Derek Jeter
Respect
Want
Treat
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Young
You
Parents
" I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them. "
Derek Jeter
Teammates
Pressure
Situation
" Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. "
Derek Jeter
Character
Person
Image
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Person
Job
Only
" My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true. "
Derek Jeter
True
Yes
Yankee
" My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me. "
Derek Jeter
Yankee
Away
Me
" Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did. "
Derek Jeter
Said
People
Thinking
" I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids. "
Derek Jeter
See
Like
School
" 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
Time
Good
Having A Good Time
" The number one priority is playing baseball. There are so many people in New York trying to get you to do this and get you to do that, which is fine, but you have to take care of yourself. "
Derek Jeter
Yourself
New York
Baseball
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
People
Past
Focus
" I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years. "
Derek Jeter
Always
Years
Over
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Me
Older
Stay
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Over
You
Never
" 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
More
Believe
People
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
You
Know
Me
" You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem. "
Derek Jeter
Women
Hear
Buying
" 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. "
Derek Jeter
Race
You
Sometimes
" There's feelings there, but I think I've just been pretty good at trying to hide my emotions throughout the years. I try to have the same demeanor each and every day. "
Derek Jeter
Good
Day
Think