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Derek Jeter delivered the start speech at the University of Michigan on Saturday and talked about the importance of fighting through failure.
The New York Yankees legend would have played baseball in Michigan, the state he called Hogar in Kalamazoo, if he did not return to immediate professional as a first round selection in 1992. But he attended classes at the university and has always shown his fandom for his teams over the years.
Jeter, who received an honorary title from Michigan, spoke with the hundreds of students who graduated and used their own failure in their message to the class.
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Derek Jeter before the 93rd MLB stars game in T-Mobile Park on July 11, 2023 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
“Failure is essential,” he said. “If I can promise you a thing with certainty, it will fail. The bigger the dream is, the more the risk will be. But what is the price if it does not risk?
When Jeter decided to be professional, it was not a soft navigation in the minor leagues.
“I failed publicly, I failed miserably. There were days that I literally cried because I was very bad. My first season as a professional, I made 56 mistakes. For the fans of the non -banker, it is difficult to do it intentionally,” said Jeter, when the crowd broke. “And that is not fun either.”
Jeter’s struggle through adversity worked in the long term.
Ex Yankee Derek Jeter in New York during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 21, 2022 at Bronx, New York (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)
He reached the big leagues in 1995, and the rest is history. Jeter organized a career in the Hall of Fame while becoming one of the most successful players for the most historical franchise of US sports.
But it would not have come there if I had let the failures define who it was in the diamond.
That is the message he gave to Michigan’s students preparing for professional life.
Derek Jeter pronounces his speech at his induction ceremony of the Baseball Hall of Fame at the Clark Sports Center on September 8, 2021, in Cooperstown, NY (Jim Mcisaac/Getty images)
“You, I, each one of us has to learn to deal with failure,” said Jeter. “I would not have had success without failures. It is your work to make sure that a speed blow does not become an obstacle.”
