Derek Jeter Drops Inspirational Quote About What it Meant to Be a Yankee at Hall of Fame Press Conference

Derek Jeter is the foremost leader, winner, and killer instinct possessor in recent baseball history.

But when you ask him to break down what was most important to him in his remarkable MLB career, it's clear what shines above all the accolades: being able to call the Pinstripes his own.

Jeter livened up Wednesday's celebratory Baseball Hall of Fame press conference for the new inductees with a gutting answer to the question, "When you look back on your career, what are you most proud of?"

Plenty of us get a fair shake at pursuing our dreams, but who among us can say we got to do exactly what we wanted for two decades until we redefined what it meant to even do the thing in the first place?

All New Yorkers would certainly echo this sentiment. If they proudly call themselves Yankee fans, then it's likely nothing made more of an impact on their past three decades than Jeter's leadership, clutch gene, and winning attitude.

Who cares about unanimity? Jeter strove to be a Yankees shortstop, and he ended up being the best there ever was. Not bad.