Derek Jeter Quotes

"It's a two-way street. If a guy hasn't been seen before, it can be an advantage for you."

"There's no sense of accomplishment. We didn't accomplish anything."

"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."

"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."

"If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose."

"I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots."

"I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music."

"We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present."

"My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true."

"God, I hope I wear this jersey forever."

"My hero's, my dreams, and my future lie in Yankee Stadium and they can't take that from me."

"That's how you win - pitching and defense."

"If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line."

"You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series."

"That was about as hard as I've seen him throw since he's been here. He showed some enthusiasm from the first pitch, and you like to see that [since] this was the biggest game we've played this year."

"I guess that was a big home run for us, huh? I'll have to find that game (Mexico-Canada) on some satellite somewhere. No, I don't think I'll be at the game."

"Everyone here has been fighting for a while. We've been playing well for a couple of months. Hopefully we'll go out there tomorrow night and play good."

"Everyone here has been fighting for a while,"

"Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them."

"I think it's what a lot of people expected at the beginning of the season, us and Boston back in the playoffs."