Jacob deGrom Quotes

It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.

There's a lot of things that go into scoring touchdowns and leading your team. It's not just the game itself, but going back and studying tape to pick apart everything I did. It's nice to have something to go on, doing it full speed in a game situation.

Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off.

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

Of course I like to watch myself bat. After every innings, match, series, I do watch my own videos whenever I get the time.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I'll go home, I'll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game, kind of see, OK, what did I do? Why'd I miss this pitch? Why'd I hit that pitch?

I'm a technician. It's like that in football and the same way in golf. I want to try to find a way that I can swing the club properly. Over the years, it's getting better and better.

Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.

I don't care if it was 2 o'clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn't be able to sleep.

After the training session, video analysis. You can see the good and the bad, show players how to improve. Not because I want to find blame. Sometimes 20 or 30 minutes of video is more important than three training sessions.

I see things written about the golf swing that I can't believe will work except by accident .

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

My golf game is lacking big time.

They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.

I need to get better with my 3-wood and hybrid. Those are the clubs I missed the majority of my fairways with.

I spend most of my time looking at game film.

You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.

I tried changing my swing because I thought it would make me better. I thought it would make me a world-class golfer. I was a bit naive and I was a bit silly and just got going the wrong way.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.