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 JETERI’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 JETERIt doesn’t take any talent to play hard.
DEREK JETEREveryone fears rejection.
DEREK JETERAs long as I’m having fun I’m going to play.
DEREK JETERGod, I hope I wear this jersey forever.
DEREK JETERObviously, 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.
DEREK JETERI’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
DEREK JETERMy heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can’t take that away from me.
DEREK JETERMy 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 JETERI love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
DEREK JETERI attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
DEREK JETERIt doesn’t feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I’m on an All-Star team everyday.
DEREK JETERI will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.
DEREK JETERI think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.
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 JETERYou 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