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
I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
Everyone fears rejection.
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
This is why you play -- to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,
Tired, fatigued, that doesn't play a role at this point in the season. You'd love to play at home, don't get me wrong, but you've got to play well on the road to win, too.
You don't really think about it when you're playing. You remember it after you get eliminated, and then you might think about all the other times.
You'd love to be at home but we're not really worried about it, ... It doesn't make any difference where you play. You still have to play well.
You'd like to play, but you can't play. It's like that for the other team. I don't really think it helps one team or the other.
We didn't really give them much to cheer about.
We discussed it briefly for about five minutes and I haven't heard anything else about it, ... It wasn't like a threat or anything like that. It was just a letter from some guy. I haven't even thought about it again.
They've got a good team. I know their record doesn't say it, but they've got guys that are really starting to play well. They have a lot of confidence, especially against us. They have guys who know how to play.
They've been outstanding. They've just stepped in and done the job.
A lot of the guys are pretty accustomed to how things work here.
They played better baseball than us. There's no sugarcoating it. They deserved to win.