Jeter Quotes

If you are connected you're fucked. — K.W. Jeter

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. — Derek Jeter

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs. — Derek Jeter

I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before. — Derek Jeter

The thing that means the most to me is being remembered as a Yankee, because that's what I've always wanted to be, was to be a Yankee. — Derek Jeter

Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that's to win. — Derek Jeter

It's strange that so many people think it's glamorous and fun to be on a set, I guess it shows they do a good job of hiding reality! — Michael Jeter

Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last — Sena Jeter Naslund

My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around. — Derek Jeter

It doesn't take talent to work hard. — Derek Jeter

The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape. — Derek Jeter

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions. — Derek Jeter

You are my Easter. — Sena Jeter Naslund

Tut, tut. We can't let mere sentiment intrude. This is Science. — K.W. Jeter

MVP, you could have picked a name out of a hat ... we have a group of MVPs. You don't rely on one guy. You have to get contributions from everyone. — Derek Jeter

I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated. — Derek Jeter

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear. — Derek Jeter

My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. — Derek Jeter

I've been asked to sign a forehead. — Derek Jeter

But I marry myself. I take my fate as within. — Sena Jeter Naslund

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?
— Sena Jeter Naslund

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that. — Derek Jeter

I can see how people work out to feel better. — Derek Jeter

I'm not Derek Jeter, there will be no farewell tour. — Jim Boeheim

I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better. — Derek Jeter

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. — Derek Jeter

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention. — Derek Jeter

I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it. — Derek Jeter

I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever. — Derek Jeter

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions. — Derek Jeter

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me. — Derek Jeter

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. — Derek Jeter

Every body has a tickle spot, somtimes you just have to find it. — Derek Jeter

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap. — Sena Jeter Naslund

A lot of teams, I think, are just happy to make the post-season. Here, you have to win. — Derek Jeter

I'm very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it! — Derek Jeter

As long as I'm having fun I'm going to play. — Derek Jeter

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

It doesn't take any talent to play hard. — Derek Jeter

Is it not the case that many a life journey starts out in the opposite direction to its destiny? — Sena Jeter Naslund

You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer. — Derek Jeter

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. — Derek Jeter

Honesty, like any inclination, can become a ruling passion, a monomania almost. — Sena Jeter Naslund

She seemed imprisoned in her sadness. — Sena Jeter Naslund

What is humor?' one of their professors had posed, and he had answered, 'nondangerous, unexpectedly inappropriate juxtaposition. — Sena Jeter Naslund

It's one thing to face great odds, but even the smallest struggle, if undertaken without hope, looms and swells with the fatal poisons of despair. — K.W. Jeter

Adventures, I reflected, are all very fine but a certain amount of civilised comfort forms the true kernel of our desires. — K.W. Jeter

Sometimes people complicate things by thinking too much about what someone might think of what they said or did. — Derek Jeter

In order to lead people, you have to get to know them. — Derek Jeter

Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible. — Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now. — Tom Brady

I've found that it's easier to stay in shape than it is to get into shape. — Derek Jeter

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized. — Derek Jeter

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair. — Derek Jeter

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me! — Derek Jeter

It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too. — Michael Jeter

God, I hope I wear this jersey forever. — Derek Jeter

Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you. — Derek Jeter

I'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better. — Derek Jeter

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. — Derek Jeter

The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee. — Derek Jeter

You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem. — Derek Jeter

Great minds may have cold hearts. Form but no color. It is an incompleteness. And so they are afraid of any woman who both thinks and feels deeply. — Sena Jeter Naslund

People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter. — Nomar Garciaparra

I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team. — Derek Jeter

I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea. — Derek Jeter

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

I get nervous watching teammates. I get nervous for them. Late in the game, pressure situation, I'm nervous for them. — Derek Jeter

Nine games? It's too long. — Derek Jeter

Not everybody's a baseball fan. — Derek Jeter

Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division. — Derek Jeter

During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day. — Derek Jeter

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

Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's something everyone wants to be a part of. — Derek Jeter

Age, like wealth is but a mental abstraction, my boy"~ Herr Doktor Pavel — K.W. Jeter

I'm sorry to burden you,' she said. She felt like a crybaby.
'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them? — Sena Jeter Naslund

I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different. — Derek Jeter

How lucky have we been that the face of baseball for the past two decades, through ups and downs, has been Derek Jeter. — Bud Selig

I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids. — Derek Jeter

Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium. — Derek Jeter

I want to have a family. — Derek Jeter

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong. — Derek Jeter

I have feelings. I'm not emotionally stunted. — Derek Jeter

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch. — Derek Jeter

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it. — Derek Jeter

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

I went to school on Senior Skip Day. — Derek Jeter

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home. — Derek Jeter

Americans are artisans in freedom. — Derrick G. Jeter

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous. — Derek Jeter

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

The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here. — Derek Jeter

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. — Derek Jeter

I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal. — Derek Jeter

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. — Derek Jeter

You've got to make adjustments as you get older. — Derek Jeter

I always try to take from past performances. You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same. — Derek Jeter

It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener — Derek Jeter

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing. — Derek Jeter

Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually! — Aaron Boone