It's not how you start, but how you finish. Keep swinging, my boy.

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"No matter how hard you try, eventually the season will end. Cherish every moment on the field and off it."

- Derek Jeter

Awareness

"You’re playing a game, whether it’s Little League or Game 7 of the World 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

Happiness

"Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person."

- Derek Jeter

Integrity

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

- Derek Jeter

Relationships

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

- Derek Jeter

Motivation

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience