Derek Jeter Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball.”

“Not everybody's a baseball fan.”

“Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did.”

“The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.”

“When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!”

“Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.”

“I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way.”

“I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!”

“I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.”

“Through time you learn from your experiences. I think I've learned to deal with people a little bit better over time. That in particular has developed a little bit.”