Derek Jeter Quotes

There may be people that have more talent than you,but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits.

That's the bottom line.

You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

Obviously, you're known for what you do.

But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete.

My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her.

And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.

I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.

If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to my left. That's why those statistics aren't accurate. You're changing for every batter, sometimes with every pitch. You really can't make one statistic for every shortstop. You have to go by what you see.

There may be people that have more talent than you,but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

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

Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium;

I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.

I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

One of the best things about being a Yankee is that you have guys like Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson wandering around the locker room offering you advice.

Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

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

Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win.

I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.

You have to take the good with the bad.

Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you're doing bad you shouldn't shy away from them and when doing good, don't run up to them.

You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2.

It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.

In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world.

I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, and there's only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can't compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.

I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.

There may be people that have more talent than you,but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.

So is work ethic. You do things over and over again, and when you get in a situation you like to think it comes natural. I think there has to be a mind-set that you’re not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fail. I’ve done it quite a bit. The calmer you are, the more the game slows down for you, and I think part of that is controlling your emotions.

You know, what is team chemistry? My opinion is when you have enough people who care about winning and enough people who losing affects. That's what chemistry means to me. It doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, but you're going to have enough people on the same page. It's almost impossible, I think, to get everyone on the same page, but it's gotta mean something to you.

I try to stay as private as possible;

I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting.

It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.

I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.

I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

It took him 75 steps to get from third to home.

I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.

I'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.

I always try to take from past performances.

You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same.

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.

The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.

That's how you win - pitching and defense.

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.

You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun.

God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.