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That's how you win - pitching and defense.

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
Sports
Winning
Pitching
Defense

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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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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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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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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
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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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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 teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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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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Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win.
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I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team.
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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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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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A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win.
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It doesn't take any talent to play hard.
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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.
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