Derek Jeter Playing Quotations

I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that.

The number one priority is playing baseball. There are so many people in New York trying to get you to do this and get you to do that, which is fine, but you have to take care of yourself.

I don't have to sell Rocket on playing in New York. He's had success here and he enjoyed his time here.

From playing with him, if you don't capitalize on him early he gets stronger. You hope it doesn't come back to haunt you, but looking at it now we wished we could have gotten a couple more runs there. But he made good pitches and he got out of the inning and then we had opportunities later in the game and didn't do anything with it.

We've faced him 100 times playing with Baltimore. He's always been pretty tough. He knows how to pitch. He mixes it up.

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.

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.

This time of year, ... you're playing on adrenaline anyway.

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. To be recognized with a Gold Glove with so many other worthy shortstops in our league is an accomplishment I hold with great honor.

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'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'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 good for a while. Hopefully, we can continue to do it when we get home.

Every game you lose is a missed opportunity, every one of them. At this point, we have 20-something games, and every single game is important, whether we're playing Tampa or playing Boston, Toronto or Baltimore.

Everyone here has been fighting for a while. We've been playing well for a couple of months. Hopefully we'll go out there tomorrow night and play good.

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.

They boo us now (at Yankee Stadium) if we?re not playing well.

Their record doesn't show it, but they've really got some guys who are starting to play well. The experience is going to help them. They've been playing together for a while, and they've got a lot of confidence, especially against us.

If you ask me, I don't think he's done pitching. I don't have to sell Rocket on playing in New York. He knows what's it like.

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.