Quotes from Derek Jeter

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

Not everybody's a baseball fan.

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.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

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

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.

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.

So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it's easy to say, 'Ah, I'll workout tomorrow.' But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.

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

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.

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

You can't quantify everything a player does to win games.

I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way.

You tell me you want to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat you. My 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.

When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

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.

You gotta have fun.

Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

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.

Winning is one of the most special moments. Every time I take the field it's a special moment. The fans are the ones that make it special. Because that's what we do it for.

Everyone fears rejection.