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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.
Derek Jeter
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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
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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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