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.
DEREK JETERYou don’t just accidentally show up in the World Series.
More Derek Jeter Quotes
-
-
I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
DEREK JETER -
I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.
DEREK JETER -
I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
DEREK JETER -
If you’re going to win games, you’re going to have to come up with the big hits. That’s the bottom line.
DEREK JETER -
You can’t be sensitive, because you’re going to get criticized. I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get criticized.
DEREK JETER -
That’s how you win – pitching and defense.
DEREK JETER -
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.
DEREK JETER -
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.
DEREK JETER -
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.
DEREK JETER -
I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn’t have to look far for role models.
DEREK JETER -
Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.
DEREK JETER -
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.
DEREK JETER -
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.
DEREK JETER -
I’ve been lying to you guys for a long time, saying I wasn’t nervous and there’s no pressure. There was a lot of pressure to do it here.
DEREK JETER -
I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
DEREK JETER






