“Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.”
"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
"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
""There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.""
- Derek Jeter
Hard Work
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."
- Beauty and the Beast
Relationships
"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."
- Nick Cannon
Relationships
"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."
Relationships
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."
- Donald E. Westlake
Relationships
"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."
- Lucille Ball
Relationships