Bill Reynolds: Jeter living the life he always dreamed of
These are strange times for Derek Jeter.
He is only a few hits away from 3,000, something that in the long, rich history of the New York Yankees no one has ever done. He’s just turned 37, and all the years and all the miles are now visible, complete with the speculation that the Yankees might actually be a better team without him now, as sacrilegious as that might seem.
Yet he’s still Derek Jeter, complete with the perks that come with that. So it’s not surprising that he is the undisputed leader in fan voting to start at shortstop for the American League in the All-Star Game. Nor should it be surprising that one New York paper back in the spring called him the most iconic Yankee of all, bigger than the Babe, bigger than Joe D., bigger than the Mick, bigger than all of them.
But who is Derek Jeter?
Take away his long-standing relationship with actress Minka Kelly, and the recent flap about the monument to conspicuous consumption of a house he is building in Tampa, and Jeter essentially has spent his career moving through the celebrity minefield of New York City with all the stealth of a cat burglar.
Do we really know him?
He long ago mastered the art of essentially saying nothing to the carnivorous tabloid media in New York. Not that he’s ever rude about it, never that. He just doesn’t say a whole lot, essentially dealing with reporters as easily as he does a routine ground ball to short. No one’s going to get big headlines and controversial sound bites out of Jeter.
So who really is Derek Jeter, this man who is about to become the first Yankee ever to reach 3,000 hits?
Maybe we have to go back 11 years for the answer, to go back to 2000 and a book he did with Jack Curry of the New York Times, called “The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams.”
For the mystery of Derek Jeter is all there.
“I’m not going to tell you that as a 26-year-old multimillionaire who still has all his hair, all his teeth and can get dates I have a perfect life, but it’s good,” he wrote then. “I’m not going to tell you that you should want to be like me, because everyone should want to be their own person, but I assure you it’s fun to be me.”
No doubt.
But what comes across as surely as a fastball in on his hands is how grounded Jeter is, how he’s always been grounded.
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Maybe we have to go back 11 years for the answer, to go back to 2000 and a book he did with Jack Curry of the New York Times, called “The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams.” For the mystery of Derek Jeter is all there.
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Tapping into your childhood dreams is an important part of living a full and fulfilling life. Randy Pausch, the brilliant professor at Carnegie Mellon who moved the nation with his carpe diem attitude when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, dedicated an entire section of his legendary book, The Last Lecture , to ‘Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams’. Whether you dreamed of becoming an astronaut (as he did) or becoming a writer (as I did), our childhood dreams tell us a lot about who we are and what we’re made of.
Kristi Yamaguchi would agree.
Remember Kristi, that dazzling 1992 Olympic Gold Ice Skating Champ, who danced in the rink (then later With the Stars) ? She captivated us with her levity, her charm, her so-not-Tanya-Harding heartfelt flair. She is as beautiful today, posing with her two equally lovely daughters, on the back flap of her new children’s book, Dream Big, Little Pig !
Together with Linda Oatman High, she authored a truly inspirational work with adorable illustrations by Tim Bowers. Her children’s charity Web site, Always Dream , supports young people to really go for it. Whole Hog.
Poppy, the peachy pig who dreams big, goes through a series of failures, but not without her cheerleading friend and family to keep her going. She yearns to be a star, the center point of inspiration for herself and others. When she discovers ice skating, it’s no longer important that she’s not perfect. She skates for the magic she feels.
Kristi recognizes that the support of her family, along with her own hard work, is what got her to where she is today. She also realizes that not every child has that same support network. Thus her charity, Always Dream , was born.
Whenever I read such children’s stories aloud to my kids (now ages 9 and 11), I can’t help but get choked up. Are they hearing the message? Do they feel encouraged to realize their childhood dreams that are still forming? Will they understand the importance of cherishing those desires and cultivating them in the soil of their souls?
This morning I decided to test it out. As my son and I discussed his fears of not doing well in math, I encouraged him to keep going for his dreams, like Poppy.
“Yeah,” he smirked. “But that pig doesn’t have to go to school!”
Hmmmm…I might need to write Kristi about that one. Perhaps there’s a sequel in the works. Poppy Practices Pre-calculus?
Dream big, my power of slow lovelies. Dig deep within yourselves to the place where your childhood desires reside. You will find that your true self has been cradled in your web of dreams all along.
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