471 Quotes by Derek Jeter

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

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.

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

I think when things linger, that’s when they become a distraction. I don’t want any distractions.

It doesn’t take any talent to play hard.

The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it’s a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.

You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you’re doing bad you shouldn’t shy away from them and when doing good, don’t run up to them.

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.

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