Derek Jeter Quotes

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.

I'm not the person that when he has an off shooting game is going to make excuses.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

It's not the time to look for excuses.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

I take personal responsibility for everything I say.

I learned a long time ago that no one wants to hear excuses.

America wasn't made on blame; it was made on responsibility. Take off the training wheels in life and decide to take responsibility for your actions.

I think life would be a lot easier if people were able to stand in their mistakes and not backtrack. If you did something wrong, own it. Like, hold your own.

It takes guts to realize you screwed up and to then come clean without any excuses.

That's just the way life is. We have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to pay the price for what's right - and for what we do wrong. That's one of the things that I love about my son. My son was always willing to take his weight.

Everybody is responsible for their own actions. It's easy to point the finger at somebody else, but a real man, a real woman, a real person knows when it's time to take the blame and when to take responsibility for their own actions.

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

Not looking for excuses is the right thing to do. I have made a lot of mistakes, and I still make mistakes, but I am not ashamed to look for the reasons behind those mistakes.

One thing I realized, I was making too many excuses and not taking responsibility for how I was playing.

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.