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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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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
Weekend
Anywhere
Wake
Nothing

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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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Everyone fears rejection.
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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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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 have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.
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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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I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
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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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That's how you win - pitching and defense.
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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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I try to stay as private as possible I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.
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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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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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The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.
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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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I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
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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 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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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 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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