The road to success is full of hurdles. Sometimes a person has to tackle all the hurdles in their path to reach the top. That is what the Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter did to become who he is today.

The Captain gained this title after years of hard work and just playing the only way he knew. The pressure on an athlete is directly proportional to the situation he is in. The bigger the situation is, the more pressure. But Jeter knew how to handle it. He did not get called “GOAT” without any reason. Tackling pressure is one of the things for athletes to know to get ahead in their careers. Jeter did just that. Not only did he tackle his way through the pressure, he understood everything and went ahead with each one. 

Also, it wasn’t like the shortstop never had to face any failures. Neither did he ever get everything without fighting for it. At one time, he was so bad at being a shortstop that he got told by one of his close friends to think about changing positions. Also, everything did not get better after he made it to the big leagues either. 

What was the thing that helped Derek Jeter to reach where he is?

The shortstop accurately remembers going from rookie ball to A, to double-A, then to triple-A. In every game, the only common thing was that he was in that situation before. He had gone through that before. He just had to play at his best level in every game. 

“The bigger the situation, the more the game speeds up. That’s all mental. It messes people up,” Jeter said. 

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Things that go up in the head, if not treated properly, can mess a person up pretty badly. Therefore, Jeter’s advice is to just slow it down. He said, “All you have to do is the same thing you’ve always been doing. Slow it down. Realize you’ve been in this situation before. You’ve been successful in this situation before. Be calm.”

The Hall of Famer continued by saying that slowing stuff down is the way to take pressure off of yourselves. The more it is done, the more it helps in doing stuff better. 

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That is what led Jeter to become a five-time World Series Champion, a Hall of Famer, all this and no scandal on his name in 20 years of his career in Major League Baseball.