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I'm not perfect no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

Derek Jeter

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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
Baseball Player
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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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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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My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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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. It's funny, because I was never big into autographs as a kid. The only player who I ever wanted an autograph from was Dave Winfield.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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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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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.
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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 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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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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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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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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Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.
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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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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
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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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