God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
DEREK JETERGod, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
DEREK JETERYou have to be confident, if you’re not confident you might as well go home.
DEREK JETERSurround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
DEREK JETERI will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
DEREK JETERI have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams – I’m not knocking other teams – but there’s only one shortstop on the Yankees.
DEREK JETERI want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.
DEREK JETERWhen it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
DEREK JETERThe last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
DEREK JETERI try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.
DEREK JETERI love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
DEREK JETERI’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.
DEREK JETERDefense 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.
DEREK JETERThere may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.
DEREK JETERYou don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
DEREK JETERIt doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
DEREK JETERI attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
DEREK JETER