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
It's a mistake. People are going to make mistakes. He obviously did a good job blocking it out.
You feel bad because Moose did an outstanding job and we wasted his performance.
They've been outstanding. They've just stepped in and done the job.
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.
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.
I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When people are negative a lot, it starts to creep into your mind, and then you start having doubts, and I don’t like that. If there’s another way, show me. My job is to stay positive. My job is to limit distractions. And if you get annoyed by that, I don’t expect you to understand because you’re not in my shoes.
I 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.
In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, and there's only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can't compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.
And if that happens, ... it'll be totally unfair. He's not playing. We are. It's our job to get it done. Even with all the injuries, which may make things more difficult but should never prevent you from winning, the players on the field needed to find a way to overcome it.
I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be interesting. I've never had a chance to play for my country before.
I'm just supposed to get on base for the guys behind me. Today I was happy because I drove the ball the other way.
It's something that happened two or three months ago, ... It really wasn't a big deal, so I don't know why it's a big issue today.
It's sort of like in New York - people always say with all the talent we have, we should make it to the World Series, right? But no matter how you look at it, talent doesn't win games, performance wins games. There are a lot of people who are talented who don't necessarily perform.
Everyone goes through stretches where they swing the bat well for a couple of weeks. You try to take advantage of it and hope that it lasts as long as possible.