Yankees' Aaron Judge Talks Pressure to Win, Fan Criticism, 'I'm Booing Myself Too'

Aaron Judge has had a tremendous 10-year career with countless accolades, but the New York Yankees star is still chasing his first World Series title.

When a player of Judge's caliber struggles to find championship success, it leads to plenty of criticism. Judge isn't naive to that criticism, and he said on the latest Boardroom episode (22:00 mark) with Kevin Durant that he puts the same kind of pressure on himself that the fans do.

"Yeah, just probably like you, you got high expectations for yourself, and you know what you can do on the court, what I know I can do on the field. So my expectations are already high. So that's where it was great getting drafted by a franchise and organization and a fan base that expects the same thing. So it was never any pressure or I got to raise my standard. It was like, my standard's already there. So you guys booing me or getting on me? I'm booing myself, too, right now. And if I sit there and think about the pressure or think about what I haven't done yet, man, it's going to take me off the path from what I need to accomplish."

Judged proved in 2024 that he's capable of leading the Yankees to the World Series, but New York ultimately came up short against the Los Angeles Dodgers. After a divisional round exit last year, the three-time MVP will look to lead the Yankees to their first title since 2009 this year.