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It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

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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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.
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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
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It doesn't take talent to work hard.
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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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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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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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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'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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