Derek Jeter Quotes About Success

Quotes about: Success

• The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Winning

• When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Winning

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Fun, Winning

  "Derek Jeter: In his own words". Sports Illustrated interview, www.si.com. November 30, 2009.

• I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Hard Work

  "Competitive to a Fault". Interview with Anthony Verde, www.menshealth.com. March 12, 2008.

• My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Grandmother, Winning

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

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Mistake

• Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, People

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

• My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Dream, Winning

  Derek Jeter (2010). “The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams”, p.21, Broadway Books

• You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Winning

  "Earning a rep". Sports Illustrated, October 25, 2003.

• When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Hard Work, Winning

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Running

• I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Workout, Morning

• My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Dream, Hero

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Athlete

• If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

  FaceBook post by Derek Jeter from Aug 29, 2012

• My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Vacation

• We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Past

• Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Character, Winning

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Jobs

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Fun, Nice

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Thinking

• I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Challenges

  "Derek Jeter: In his own words". Interview with Tom Verducci, www.si.com. November 30, 2009.

• 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.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Jobs, Fun

• I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Winning, Role Models

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