"Youre playing a game, whether its Little League or Game 7 of the World Series. Its impossible to do well unless youre having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, theres pressure. But I just look at it as fun."
Derek Sanderson Jeter, nicknamed "the Captain", is an American former professional baseball player, businessman, and baseball executive. A shortstop, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020; he received 396 of 397 possible votes, the second-highest percentage in
"I only wanted to play baseball. I only wanted to play shortstop. I only wanted to play for the Yankees. My whole life. It wasnt like I wanted to play for another team and ended up in New York. It wasnt like I wanted to play another position and ended up at short. This has always been the dream of mine: to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. And I get a chance to do it."
"Id boo myself, too. The fans expect us to do well, and thats good. I wouldnt want to play for a team where the fans didnt care. They boo, but they want to cheer."
"Its the same game, I dont care where you are playing, Minnesota, Kansas City or New York, its the same game."
"As good as Ive seen in my lifetime; day in and day out, understanding situations, playing the game, letting the game come to him. All of those adages and those things that you talk about that apply to so many players, they all apply to him, because he gets it. Ive never seen anything like it. He plays the game the way you want every person on your team to play it. He plays it not only hard, efficiently and professionally, but he plays it with a high degree of talent."