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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.

Derek Jeter

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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
Baseball Player
Chief Executive Officer
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Professional Baseball Player
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The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.
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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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You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.
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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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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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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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I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team.
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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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Nine games? It's too long.
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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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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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The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.
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It doesn't take any talent to play hard.
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When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
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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'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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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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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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