Derek Jeter Quotes (168 Quotes)


    My hero's, my dreams, and my future lie in Yankee Stadium and they can't take that from me.

    You'd love to be at home but we're not really worried about it, ... It doesn't make any difference where you play. You still have to play well.

    You have to have a short memory. You have to forget. You can't say you're embarrassed because they are major-league players. They've played better than us in every area this year.

    There are people on this team who have had great individual seasons, put up numbers, won awards, done this or that, but the bottom line is that we're trying to win. Who cares what numbers you put up, what accolades you get you want to win. If we're going to win, we have to do the little things.

    We've faced him 100 times playing with Baltimore. He's always been pretty tough. He knows how to pitch. He mixes it up.


    Oh, yeah, just because of the moment. You know, it's not the first time that I heard it. It's just I was so proud. It was just the first day back home.

    Everyone here has been fighting for a while. We've been playing well for a couple of months. Hopefully we'll go out there tomorrow night and play good.

    You don't really think about it when you're playing. You remember it after you get eliminated, and then you might think about all the other times.

    Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.

    He was hot and it came at the right time.

    I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

    Names don't win games. We have to go out and swing the bats more. You don't want to fall behind this club because their bullpen is pretty good.

    I don't know if there's anyone in baseball looking for a 3-2 slider in that situation.

    With the exception of the South Africa game, and I don't think you can count that one, we haven't swung the bat well.

    There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them. To be recognized with a Gold Glove with so many other worthy shortstops in our league is an accomplishment I hold with great honor.

    I think everyone in the ballpark thought that ball was out. I few feet over, and we have the lead.

    The atmosphere was great. We had heard there were going to be a lot of fans from Mexico. It was a little more than we thought would be here.

    People are entitled to their opinion, He makes the most money, a lot of people are probably jealous of him. I don't really know. I haven't thought about it and we don't really concern ourselves with it.

    He always messes with the lineup. The thing is, it doesn't matter if you hit 1, 2, 3 or ninth, you still have to have good at-bats.

    We never talked about it, never had to challenge ourselves any more than usual. We wanted to play well and win. We felt we had the best team, so every time we played, we thought we should win.

    I'm just supposed to get on base for the guys behind me. Today I was happy because I drove the ball the other way.

    It doesn't make a difference who we play. It won't be a problem for people to get up for the games. We have 20 games left. Everyone knows what's at stake.

    He got into trouble early on but he pitched out. That's exactly what we needed.

    It goes without saying how special a player he is, what he represents in the game. So it was an honor for me that he wanted to take a picture. He wanted to take a picture with me It was definitely a good feeling.

    He's been pitching well. Today, he scuffled more than he has in the past. He battled us out of a couple of jams.

    The season's not over. What if we win the division We don't have to worry about Tampa Bay.

    These are some of the tools that we use.

    It's mind-boggling when you look at how consistent he's been over the years.

    I've been with Mo for 14 years. It's mind-boggling when you look at how consistent he's been all these years. I don't think anything he does amazes me anymore.

    He's the owner of the team. He doesn't want anyone to get hurt. He's entitled to his opinion. He's The Boss.

    I thought he would try to get ahead with a fastball. I was just trying to hit the ball hard.

    I guess I was due then. Every time is a different situation. Those are big ... you've got to find ways to come through. Those are situations you have to come through because two-out hits are pretty clutch.

    And I don't know about the whole lack of playing together. It's still baseball, still a team game, but individuals have to do their jobs.

    Every game they pitch, ... we know is an opportunity to win.

    I didn't have any idea. I didn't sit down and read the whole rulebook before I came here.

    If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

    I've never even thought about it. Maybe because I don't have any kids. I know it's a big problem, but I just never thought about it. I've never had any reason to bring awareness (about it) to myself. What Joe is doing is groundbreaking. I think it's a lot harder to be the first person to talk about it. Maybe more people will start because of him.

    Their pitching staff is as good as any team in baseball. You don't want to fall behind them, but unfortunately, we did. We were able to scratch and claw for a couple of late runs.

    I couldn't take any more time. Adams gets down the line and there was no time to throw to Robinson Cano. I just had to tag second and throw.

    Look at all the Yankee greats over the years. You figure at least one of them would win one.

    I didn't think it was that bad. It wasn't worse than Rocket when he came back. What do you expect them to do Think about it. You don't expect them to cheer for him.

    We don't play to just make it to the playoffs, we've been to the playoffs before. We play to win, and we fell short again.

    Any way you can get it done. We have to find ways to win it may not be pretty at times, but the bottom line is wins and losses.

    And if that happens, ... it'll be totally unfair. He's not playing. We are. It's our job to get it done. Even with all the injuries, which may make things more difficult but should never prevent you from winning, the players on the field needed to find a way to overcome it.

    Maybe if they had given South Africa a game at that stadium in Arizona, I think it would've been nice for them. It would've been a good experience for them, because they're kind of a young team.

    It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.

    Talking to everyone here, everyone's pretty excited about it. ... We want to represent the country well. No matter how you look at it, when you compete, you want to win.

    I guess that was a big home run for us, huh I'll have to find that game (Mexico-Canada) on some satellite somewhere. No, I don't think I'll be at the game.

    It's an opportunity to try and expand the game globally. I think there's going to be a lot of interest, especially in some of the countries that haven't come over to play before. I think it's great for the game.

    I assumed runs would be tough, just because of the time of year.


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