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
We've been playing important games for the last month or so now. It doesn't matter whether we're home or on the road.
We've been playing well. This part of the season, it's just like in the playoffs. Every game you play is a big game.
We need to win one game. That's the only way we can look at it right now.
You have to enjoy that situation. You can't be afraid of failing. You have confidence if you've had success in the past. I've done it before, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be successful again.
We had four games to win one and we couldn't do it, ... The bottom line is, we didn't do it.
We had all the breaks to get into this position, to be able to win and advance and we didn't do it.
We had a lot of guys who stepped up.
We had nine lives. I guess we ran out of them.
We had some opportunities to score early and we let Boomer off the hook.
We've just got to take it one day at a time, one inning at a time. But this is fun. You've got to enjoy playing when the games really mean something.
We have to come out and play better. We're running out of time.
You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this, your image is that.' Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. That's what I worry about.
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.
I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.