Blog 2

     When Derek Jeter turned 18 he had signed a contract with the New York Yankees and they had invested almost a million dollars in him. Derek stresses in his book that in life, you will have set-backs and that you need to remember why you are where you are and that you made it there for a reason. In his first 14 at-bats in the minor leagues he didn't have a hit. But, he rebounded and made it to where he is today, getting payed millions of dollars and starting everyday for the Yankees.

Derek with his family, Mom, Sister, and Dad.

       Derek sounds a lot like my parents. Saying that you must work hard and that you can do anything you want in life if you are committed. His parents also stress these key parts and Derek says that they would have supported him 100% in anything that he did in life weather it was baseball or chess or writing poetry. This also reminds me of my parents. They say that they will support me in whatever I do and that it just-so-happens that it will be sports. My sister will eventually be more focused in school than sports. I see this when she gets home from school and automatically wants to do school stuff, while I want to watch the soccer match and shoot outside in my yard. Whatever we chose, our parents will support us in whatever we do no matter what. Like Derek's. He says that it is important that our parents support us and I am happy he says some of the same things that mine do.