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" No former player has owned a team in baseball. "
Derek Jeter
Former
Owned
Player
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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 have feelings. I'm not emotionally stunted. "
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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. "
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" I went to school on Senior Skip Day. "
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Day
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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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Competition
Me
" Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance. "
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" You can't quantify everything a player does to win games. "
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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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Job
Only
" During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day. "
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Movies
Every Day
" When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses. "
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Excuses
Make
" 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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Good
Hard
" I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it. "
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Way
Take
" 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. "
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Believe
People
" 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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Teammates
Pressure
Situation
" 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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Draft
Career
Yankees
" I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated. "
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Respect
Want
Treat
" I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions. "
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Distractions
Any
Become
" Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did. "
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Said
People
Thinking
" 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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Time
Parents
Me
" 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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You
Know
Me
" I don't really see myself getting a Twitter account. Nothing against it. I get it. I especially get it for businesses. "
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Twitter
See
Against
" 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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You
Sensitive
" 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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Forget
You
Win
" My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. "
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Playing
Major
Baseball
" 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. "
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New York
Baseball
" I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea. "
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Used
Think
" 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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You
Everyone
" I've always had an interest in business, and my interest in business has really expanded over the years. "
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