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OUTTAKES: DAN PATRICK TURNS TWO WITH DEREK JETER
ESPN Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 23,
November 15, 1999

DP: Mark Grace says it isn't cheating if you don't get caught. What do you think?

DJ: I don't like cheating. I'm not one to steal signs or give signs. If you tell me what's coming, I won't hit it.

DP: Don't you have enough going on in your life? You have to have a breakfast cereal?

DJ: It's helping a lot with my charitable foundation.

DP: Before you had Jeter's what would you eat in the morning?

DJ: Cereal, man! I have no idea how to cook, so I eat cereal. Frosted Flakes, Cheerios, whatever.

DP: Cap'n Crunch--did you ever go there?

DJ: Yeah!

DP: I was a big Cap'n Crunch fan, and now I realize why I was so wired as a kid. It's like speed!

DP: A-Rod says you think you have game in basketball but you really don't. Is that true?

DJ: One thing you learn about Alex, he's a compulsive liar. He's the one with the basketball hoop in his backyard. You go over to his apartment and he puts on a full uniform and plays all the time. So he's actually talking about himself.

DP: Free association: George Steinbrenner.

DJ: The Boss.

DP: Latrell Sprewell.

DJ: I'm a huge Knicks fan, so what comes to mind is, I hope he stays.

DP: Well, you can always chip in.

DJ: Ha! I don't have enough to chip in.

DP: Groupies.

DJ: Um ... ah! I'm one of the few single guys on the team but I have no idea.

DP: Yeah, right. But really, when you meet a woman, do you wonder, "Does she like me because of me or ... ?"

DJ: That's the first thing I think of. Alex and I talk about that a lot. One of the toughest things for both of us is finding a wife.

DP: Give me your favorite movies.

DJ: Seven, because I like movies that exercise your mind. I liked Major League--the first one, not the second one.

DP: You didn't see Costner's new movie, did you?

DJ: I just saw it. Boy, it's not really a baseball movie. It's more of a love story.

DP: Costner thinks he could play in the majors right now, doesn't he?

DJ: I haven't talked to him about that.

DP: Yeah, Costner, he puts the eye-black under the eyes and has the sweatpants and gloves on both hands ...

DJ: Yeah, right. He's ready to go.

DP: Would you give Pedro the MVP?

DJ: There are so many deserving people this year. You can flip a coin. But you'd have to get, like, a six-sided coin.

DP: What kind of music is in your car?

DJ: Puffy.

DP: I'm curious because, you know, when the ladies are in my car, I like listening to the mighty Wu-Tang Clan ...

DJ: Fly for a white guy!

DP: Yeah! I'm fly! The word's getting around! The ladies love riding in my car, 'cause I've got the gangsta lean in my deuce and a quarter and ... I'm a sad man. I'm sorry.

DJ: At least you know it.

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