Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeteris an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees' success of the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, baserunning, fielding, and leadership. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits, doubles, games played, stolen bases, times on base, plate appearancesand at bats. His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1974
CityPequannock, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
There's responsibility, but there's also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.
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.
I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
In order to lead people, you have to get to know 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.
My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.
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.
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.
I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.
I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.
If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
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.