Sunday 3 September 2000

The life you imagine

Derek Jeter wrote an inspirational book to help people go for their goals in life, called "The Life You Imagine". Here is the Mariah related part of that book:

"I know I learned alot from my relationship with Mariah Carey. I learned that it would be very difficult for me to seriously date a high-profile person. I am used to getting a lot of attention as a Yankee, but I wasn't used to getting alot of attention because I went out to dinner with someone. It just so happened that someone was Carey, one of the top-selling female pop singers ever, and that turned my life into a more chaotic existence than I wanted.

I met Mariah at a charity function for the Fresh Air Fund in November of 1996, a month after we won the World Series. I know some people have written - and want to believe - our romance started that day, but that's not true. I barely even talked with her that first day. I saw her out in the city a few times after that, and we became friends before we had our first date. We actually dated for only about six months and were never close to getting engaged as the newspapers reported.

I was intrigued with Mariah because we had a lot of similarities. Like me, she has a mixed heritage. She has a white, Irish mother and an African American Venezuuelean father. Like me she had a dream in life that she zealously pursued. She knew she wanted to be a singer, and made that her mission. Like me, she still works extremely hard at her profession. She's a beautiful woman, on the inside and outside, and I had a deep respect for her and the way she handled herself. She started out with nothing but a dream that she would be a big star, and, to this day, she still works hard at fulfilling that dream. She's constantly writing, she's constantly in the studio, she's constantly trying to get better. She's someone a lot of people can learn from. I know I did. Whether you like her music or you think it's terrible, you could learn alot from the way she pursued her goal.

Like I said earlier, don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do what you want. I never did. I know Mariah never did either. It doesn't mean you will end up with a recording contract or playing for the Yankees, but it does mean you won't have any regrets. Try your best to be successful at whatever it is you wnat to do, and then the questions will be answered for you. Even if your goal is not realized, you will know you tried hard to make it come to fruition - and you can't ask anymore of yourself than that."


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