Derek Jeter Win Quotations

Winning is one of the most special moments. Every time I take the field it's a special moment. The fans are the ones that make it special. Because that's what we do it for.

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.

So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it's easy to say, 'Ah, I'll workout tomorrow.' But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.

For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it now, it amazes me. It's very impressive, it gives them something productive to do as opposed to getting in trouble. For them to take time out at such a young age is remarkable. I think all kids should take a little time out to volunteer.

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

Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.

God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.

The only legacy I want is to be thought of as a winner.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

That's how you win - pitching and defense.

When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

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

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.

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

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 always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.

If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.

He has nasty stuff. He was throwing inside and made me go to right. I guess I was due.

He has been big. Today was as wild as he has been, and he still found a way. He gives us an opportunity to win every time he goes out on the mound.

We need to win one game. That's the only way we can look at it right now.

Everyone goes through stretches where they swing the bat well for a couple of weeks. You try to take advantage of it and hope that it lasts as long as possible.

Names don't win games. We have to go out and swing the bats more. You don't want to fall behind this club because their bullpen is pretty good.

It was a little scary when he starting throwing punches, ... I was scared. I didn't want to get hit.

The season's not over. What if we win the division? We don't have to worry about Tampa Bay.

I've only played a couple of weeks. It's no different than any other season. It might be different because it's the beginning of the season, but everybody goes through stretches where they swing the bat well for a couple of weeks.

I don't see why you would shoot for second place. We're still in a race for the A.L. East, so that's what our approach is. We're trying to win the division. You don't ever go into anything saying you want to finish second.

I don't see way you shoot for second place. We're still in a race for the AL East. We're trying to win the division. You never go in thinking you want to finish second.

I assume the Adrenalin will be flowing. If it's a close game and we have a chance to win the championship, it might seem like the World Series. I have no idea. I've had guys tell me the feeling is pretty special.

I assume the adrenaline will be flowing. If it's a close game and we have a chance to win the championship, it might seem like the World Series. I have no idea. I've had guys tell me the feeling is pretty special.

Everybody's talking about our offense, but it doesn't win games. It's pitching and defense. If I don't make that mistake, Wang would have kept rolling.

Any way you can get it done. We have to find ways to win; it may not be pretty at times, but the bottom line is wins and losses.

I don't know, why shoot for second place? We're still in the race for the AL East and that's what our approach is, winning the division. You talk about us getting to the playoffs, but we're in the playoffs now.

After that mistake they really took advantage of it. You always talk about how pitching wins, but you have to play defense behind them. Everybody's talking about our offense, but it doesn't win games. You need pitching and defense.

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

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

It's sort of like in New York - people always say with all the talent we have, we should make it to the World Series, right? But no matter how you look at it, talent doesn't win games, performance wins games. There are a lot of people who are talented who don't necessarily perform.

Look at all the Yankee greats over the years. You figure at least one of them would win one.

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 four games to win one and we couldn't do it, ... The bottom line is, we didn't do it.

You can't say we're embarrassed, because they're major league players, too. I don't know how many times they beat us, but they deserved to win all of 'em.

We know we can't rely on scoring all those runs. We know it's great to have some guys that are swinging the bats well, and we're going to score. But it's not going to happen all season.

You're going to win more games with pitching than you are with offense. Our pitching staff seems to have settled in pretty good. They're throwing the ball well.

Moose, don't tell me you're throwing all your pitches yet, are you?

It all starts with pitching. This offense got so much publicity early on, but you're going to win if you pitch. We've got a lot of guys who know how to pitch.

I know I said it last year, but winning the Gold Glove for the second consecutive season is extremely gratifying. Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games,

Everybody talks about our offense, but that doesn't win games. Pitching and defense does.

I was pretty good at math growing up. I don't think too many guys were aware of it.

We haven't accomplished anything. Last I checked, you don't win anything with (11) games left.

I took my eye off it a little too soon, but I've got to make that play. Everyone is talking about our offense, but it doesn't win games. It's pitching and defense. We're not always going to hit.

Before everyone anoints this the greatest offense ever, let us play a little while first. The names don't win games. You have to go out there and perform, and we really haven't swung the bats well.

Before the season, everyone was anointing this the best offense ever. Let us play first. Names don't win games. You have to go out and perform.

He did a great job. He just kind of teased the strike zone, throwing borderline pitches and making you chase them. It shows you that if you have good pitching, it stops good hitting.