"You have to enjoy what you do; I'm having a great time"
"I dont want to change. I hate it when people change. I'm always going to be the same person"
"You're overwhelmed by this whole experience. You feel like a little kid. You want to run around and get autographs from everyone."
~Speaking about the all-star game experience
"If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself."
~Speaking after winning arbitration case
"I don't care if we only win 80 games as long as we win the World Series."
~Speaking about the 1999 season
"We'll get him," Jeter said with a smile. "Don't worry about that. We'll get him when he least expects it. We'll get him. Trust me. We'll get him."
~Speaking about getting back at Roger Clemens (for getting hit by pitches last year) now that he's a Yankee
"Nobody's Harder on me than myself."
"All I ever wanted to be was a Yankee."
"He's killin' me! I'll never catch Cal Ripken this way!"
~Joking on how Joe Torre decided to give him a day off
"You can't find love.... Love finds you."
"God, I hope I wear this jersey forever" (ALL OF US DO!)
"I didn't make this game... this game made me"
"I don't like people who brag and talk about themselves all the time. I never really liked it, so I've never done it. I've known lots of people like that. It turns me off."
"I'm still dreaming. The way New York has embraced us, I can't put into words. This is still a dream."
"Baseball is a humbling sport. You can go great for a while, then go bad for a while, then have it turn around in one day."
"Yankee Stadium by far-best playing surface, best fans, and all the tradition."
"When I was a kid I was always hoping there'd be a jersey left for me to wear with a single digit."
~On retired uniform numbers and choosing to wear #2
"All I ever hear are doubts, and it just made me work harder. Now people say 'sophmore jinx'. I can't worry about it. You have to just go out and work hard, play hard and have fun. Baseball is a funny game- sometimes you can do everything perfect and still fail. I know I've got some failure ahead, but I've got a lot of improving to do too."
"If we lost, I wouldn't have been able to go anywhere. After we lost the 1st game, I won't kid you, I heard it. I couldn't leave my apartment! If we lost the series, I would have had to move to Jersey."
~On the '99 Mets-Yankees series
"I love New York. There are new stadiums in Toronto, Baltimore and Cleveland, but Yankee Stadium is still the best."
"My hero's, my dreams, and my future lie in Yankee Stadium and they can't take that from me"
~About the building a new stadium and tearing down Yankee Stadium situation
"It's always been my dream to play for the Yankees. I had a nightmare once that I was traded. That's my worst fear."
"Now I make a conscious effort to do it every day. Haven't missed one." ~On replying to the millions of letters he gets
"He's lying about his age. He's supposedly younger than me, but I don't buy it."
~Derek kiddin' on Alex's age
"I believe that if you have a little, you give a little, if you have a lot, you give a lot."
~On doing charity work etc.
"I am not engaged. I am not getting engaged. I am not married. I am not getting married. Put that in the paper."
~On rumors in the paper of him and Mariah Carey getting married
"I wouldn't push them into anything. I'd tell them, 'If you work hard you'll be fine at whatever you choose to do."
~On what he'd tell his (future) kids if they wanted to follow in his footsteps
"Whatever I have is because of baseball. Whatever earning power I may have starts with the way I play baseball. One thing I've learned playing baseball is you can't take anything for granted. You can be on top one day and the next day it's a whole different deal. That's why my attitude has always been that I need to come to the park as prepared as I can be every day. You can't do that if you're out partying every night. I enjoy a good time, don't get me wrong, but I have plenty of time in the off-season for fun."