Derek Jeter
No former player has owned a team in baseball.
I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what it is. You want to race down the street, I want to beat you. If we're playing checkers, I want to win. You beat me, it's going to bother me. I just enjoy competition.
I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this, your image is that.' Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. That's what I worry about.
I think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they're asked questions and they think they have to find a way to answer it. If you ask me a question and I say, 'I don't know,' there's really no follow-up.
I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them.
When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
I've found that it's easier to stay in shape than it is to get into shape.
I have feelings. I'm not emotionally stunted.
I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids.
I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.
You can't quantify everything a player does to win games.
The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.
Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.Collection: Hard Work
It doesn't take any talent to play hard.Collection: Play Hard
You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.Collection: Home
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.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Success
In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.Collection: Order
This is why you play - to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.Collection: Opportunity
I'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.Collection: Get Better
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.Collection: Jobs
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.Collection: Team
My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.Collection: Dream
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.Collection: Thinking
If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.Collection: Baseball
MVP, you could have picked a name out of a hat... we have a group of MVPs. You don't rely on one guy. You have to get contributions from everyone.Collection: Yankees
I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.Collection: Yankees
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.Collection: Home
I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.Collection: Years
It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.Collection: Inspiring
The Yankees have twenty-five heroes.Collection: Inspiring
It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home openerCollection: Home
I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Yankees
Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.Collection: Sports
During the offseason, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.Collection: Shoes
A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win.Collection: Team
Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.Collection: Inspiring
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.Collection: Two
The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.Collection: Yankees
Winning is one of the most special moments. Every time I take the field it's a special moment. The fans are the ones that make it special. Because that's what we do it for.Collection: Winning
I just think that your private life is private. What I do is obviously public, I get that. I get the fact that people are interested. I'm interested in a lot of people as well. I've just chosen to stay as private as possible.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Past
It doesn't take talent to work hard.Collection: Hard Work
I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game. You take criticism as a challenge.Collection: New York
I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team.Collection: Team
Sneak out when things go good. It bothers me when people have good games and stand in front of their locker waiting for the media, then they have bad games and sneak out the back.Collection: Media
Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. 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.Collection: Inspiring