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Everyone fears rejection.

Derek Jeter

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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
Baseball Player
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
Professional Baseball Player
Derek Sanderson Jeter
Captain Clutch
Mr. November
Rejection
Fears
Everyone

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Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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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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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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win.
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That's how you win - pitching and defense.
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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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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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You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun.
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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.
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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.
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I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
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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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.
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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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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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I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.
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