Jacob deGrom Quotes

You’re going to work out and try to maintain the strength you gain in the offseason, and then you work to gain after the season is over.

I don’t think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It’s just kind of there. It’s not really a big deal to me. It actually drives me nuts. It’s always in my face if I don’t have a hat on. I might have to get rid of it.

Whenever we had career day at elementary school, and we could dress up like what you wanted to be, when I got on stage, mine was playing major league baseball.

I’ve actually enjoyed pitching on the road in the postseason. You go out there, and you’re getting booed, and it’s fun to try to silence the crowd.

My freshman year, I played third, and sophomore and junior, third.

This is something I’ve wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just… you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I’m thankful every day I get to do it.

I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it’s very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.

We do take pride in how we look, but it’s really just like, take a couple minutes, and you’re ready to go.

There’s been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He’s a good lefty hitter; he’s hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you’re more likely to have a better outcome.

I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.

I would say I stay pretty calm. Don’t let the game get too fast on me. I try to keep my emotions in check, I guess, so I don’t show that anything fazes me out there. And I try to take it one pitch at a time.

My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.

The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you’ve got to pick and choose the times work out.

We’re pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that’s not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.

I don’t like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don’t want the hitter to see that something bothers me.

When I’m away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.

You never want to see a guy struggle. And we’ve all struggled. It’s part of the game.

When I’m sleeping, if it gets in my face, sometimes it’ll wake me up.

I think in high school and college, you don’t really know what your routine is going to be; you’re still trying to come up with it.

You’ll hear ‘Hippie,’ or, ‘Get a haircut.’ I like it. I think it’s funny because they think we’ve never heard that before. So, like, good one.

I had Tommy John my first year in pro ball. Going through that rehab process, I think that’s what really helped me become a better pitcher, because I was kind of new to it, and I think it helped me learn how to repeat my delivery. It was a crazy journey.

I’m the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn’t come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.