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Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
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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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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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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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That's how you win - pitching and defense.
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Nine games? It's too long.
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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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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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I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.
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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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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.
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I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
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It doesn't take any talent to play hard.
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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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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.
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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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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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Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.
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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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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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