That was the only thing, the only team I ever wanted to play for since as far back as I could remember. So that's what I wanted my legacy to be. Whether that's work with my foundation, it's what I'm doing down here in Miami. You know, baseball's been a big part of my life and it will continue to be. So when you talk about legacy post-playing career I think I'm still working on it but during my career it was just to be Yankee, " he added.
We could name multiple other things Jeter could have mentioned when it comes to talking about his legacy. However, he didn't focus on his five World Series titles nor anything else he has accomplished in his year tenure in New York. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. New York Yankees. Atlanta Braves. Brewers hire two hitting coaches to assist offense.
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They sat him down and told him that he could do anything he wanted in life, if he worked hard enough and stayed dedicated. He came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame election. After that day when he was 8, Jeter says, his parents — Charles, a substance abuse counselor, and Dorothy, an accountant, from the small town of Pequannock Township, New Jersey — were committed to helping Jeter make his dreams a reality.
The biggest thing his parents did for him, according to his book, was teach him that being a successful player was about more than just what happens on the field. I had to work hard, take care of my body with proper diet and rest, and do well in everything. They told me that I have to have the mind-set that I wanted to be the best in everything," he writes. In his book, Jeter says he learned there's a step process to success, one that helps you get "from point A to point B in life," no matter your age or your goals.
These steps are about life and getting what you want in life," Jeter, who retired in , writes. He got what he "always wanted, and part of the reason why is because I had a plan for getting here. Jeter says to be successful, you must always set your goals high even the dream seems out of reach at the moment. Whether your goal is to play for the Yankees or to win the pie-eating contest at summer camp, goals are what motivate us to do better. My ultimate dream was to play major-league baseball, but I had smaller goals along the way," Jeter writes.
For instance, Jeter set the goal of making the Little League All-Star team, and then starting on the high school varsity team as a freshman, making all-district and so on. His first week, he failed to get a hit in his first 14 at bats. He questioned his decision to sign with the pros instead of attending the University of Michigan on a baseball scholarship, according to his book.
But as much as struggled with the adjustment, he knew he had to push forward if he wanted to one day be a Yankee. There will definitely be times when pursuing your goals won't be easy, either For example, during Jeter's second season with the Yankees, Luis Sojo, a former player for the Seattle Mariners, taught him a better way to turn double plays, Jeter writes. Sojo taught him to stay behind the base, which safer place for an infielder, instead of jumping over the approaching runner, which Jeter liked to do.
Jeter says there are role models are everywhere and its important to seek them out and ask questions.
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