Happy Birthday: Derek Jeter

Happy Birthday baseball great Derek Jeter

Born: June 26, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey, USA

QUOTES:

God, I hope I wear this jersey forever

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

You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It’s still a loss. It doesn’t matter what the score was if we win tomorrow

For all of us up here, it’s a huge honor to put this uniform on every day and come out here and play. And every member of this organization, past and present, has been calling this place home for eighty-five years. There’s a lot of tradition, a lot of history, and a lot of memories. Now the great thing about memories is you’re able to pass it along from generation to generation. And although things are going to change next year…