Derek Jeter Team Quotations

We're familiar with them and they're familiar with us, so the best team over the next five games will win.

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.

And I don't know about the whole lack of playing together. It's still baseball, still a team game, but individuals have to do their jobs.

We had chances, we had opportunities to score and we couldn't come up with hits. You can't give teams extra outs.

You'd like to play, but you can't play. It's like that for the other team. I don't really think it helps one team or the other.

They're a completely different team (than Tampa Bay).

As of now, as a team and as an organization, we can't think about Rocket. He hasn't made up his mind. Let him decide first. We need to focus on the guys that we have now. We have a great pitching staff.

Even when we were behind, we thought we could come back. But we just couldn't hold them. To try to come back, you've got to be able to shut the other team down.

It's an honor to represent Team USA in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. I'm excited to promote international baseball and it's terrific that gamers who pick up Major League Baseball 2K6 will be able to experience the same excitement of the World Baseball Classic.

There are people on this team who have had great individual seasons, put up numbers, won awards, done this or that, but the bottom line is that we're trying to win. Who cares what numbers you put up, what accolades you get; you want to win. If we're going to win, we have to do the little things.

The Angels are playing as well as any team in baseball. I think it's what people are expecting for it to come down to, the Yankees and Red Sox, but we have our work cut out for both of us.

Their pitching staff is as good as any team in baseball. You don't want to fall behind them, but unfortunately, we did. We were able to scratch and claw for a couple of late runs.

No team wants other teams to come in and beat them. They know that we're in a race, and they're playing for pride as well, so we've got to be ready for them. We've got to win. That's it.

If you're going to win, ... you have to have the best team . So if somebody goes down, somebody else has to pick it up.

This is a team we have to figure out. They're not going to just go away, they've proved that to us.

This is a team we have to figure out.

At this stage of the game, teams really focus on scouting reports.

It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.

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

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.

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

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

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

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.

Robbie's hit was huge. That's the benefit of playing on the road. You come out and get the chance to hit before the other team comes to the bat.

Robbie's hit was huge, ... That's the benefit of playing on the road. You come out and get the chance to hit before the other team comes to the bat.

I've always said the best teams make the playoffs and the hottest teams win, and we haven't been the hottest team.

Don't get it wrong ? both teams are capable of pitching well. The atmosphere makes it special, makes it fun.