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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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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
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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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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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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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You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.
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The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.
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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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I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.
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In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.
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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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Everyone fears rejection.
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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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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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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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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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 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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Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.
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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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The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.
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