Derek Jeter Quotes

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

Winning isn't all that matters.

I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.

When you are a professional, you go into the next game wanting to win.

My aim is to be the best in the world and perform in each of Pakistan's wins.

My goal is to be the best champion possible and to do that I have to go against the best.

I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.

My only focus is on our games and my performances - they are the most important things.

My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player? The nerves and everything that goes with it? Seeing what he's learned and how he's done it? That's the second best thing to playing. I think.

I want to score in every game and win things. That's the most important thing.

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

I am only about winning and getting better.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.