471 Quotes by Derek Jeter

It's always weird when you're facing guys that you played with.

We discussed it briefly for about five minutes and I haven't heard anything else about it, ... It wasn't like a threat or anything like that. It was just a letter from some guy. I haven't even thought about it again.

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.

It looked like some people might have been scared. It's something I think everyone will remember.

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

Tired, fatigued, that doesn't play a role at this point in the season. You'd love to play at home, don't get me wrong, but you've got to play well on the road to win, too.

It's hard for me to compare myself to Wright because it's two different situations. One of the biggest things for me was that we went to the World Series right away. That was a really big deal. If the team wins, everybody benefits.

You know, what is team chemistry? My opinion is when you have enough people who care about winning and enough people who losing affects. That's what chemistry means to me. It doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, but you're going to have enough people on the same page. It's almost impossible, I think, to get everyone on the same page, but it's gotta mean something to you.

You don't really think about it when you're playing. You remember it after you get eliminated, and then you might think about all the other times.