471 Quotes by Derek Jeter

Nine games? It’s too long.

Handle yourself like a professional on the field and you have one goal-and that’s to win.

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

I want to own a team one day. You know, that’s my next goal.

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

I’ve hung out and dated people I’ve never even met before.

I think there’s something wrong with me – I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what it is. You want to race down the street, I want to beat you. If we’re playing checkers, I want to win. You beat me, it’s going to bother me. I just enjoy competition.

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.

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.