Having played for over two decades for the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter will always be a crowd favorite. And why not? The ex-Yankee won it all while playing for the Pinstripes.

Jeter retired from the game in 2014, and the same year, he launched “The Players’ Tribune.” It is a platform for athletes to share their opinions without any filter. Two years later, the Captain got the chance to sit for a conversation with the then-president of the USA, Barack Obama. Jeter got to know that of all the people he ever charmed while playing baseball, the Ex-POTUS was one of them.

They talked about many things, including the role models they had when they were kids. The former president thought Jeter was the child prodigy, the best athlete even at the age of ten.

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Was Derek Jeter the child prodigy that then-POTUS thought he was?

With the tremendous career that Derek Jeter had, it is natural for people to think that he might be wondrous from the start. But when the then-president of the USA asked him about it, it was found that was not the case.

“I would like to lie to you because we’re on camera, but no, it’s not the case… My dad used to constantly brag about how good he was at baseball. So when I was younger I wanted to be a baseball player strictly because my dad played baseball,” Jeter said while trying to convince the ex-POTUS that people did not fawn over him just as they did while he played for the Yankees. 

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The former president also believed that Jeter was one of the best athletes, even at the age of ten. And that he was popular among girls even as a kid.

Jeter: An inspiration for others!

The Hall of Famer showed everyone that if a person works hard for the goal they set, they can achieve it. Jeter worked hard enough to reach the pinnacle.

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Thanks to his remarkable stint in the Bronx, Jeter had his jersey no 2 retired, and got inducted into Cooperstown.

Given Jeter does not play the game anymore, who do you think can replace him in the Yankees clubhouse?