Jacob deGrom Quotes

Pitchers made an adjustment to me. It's up to me to come up with an answer.

When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.

I don't always have to play my absolute best to win matches.

I think what we focus on is every game is a different challenge, and you have to find ways to put yourself in position to win, and you have to have a resourcefulness, and it's not always going to go according to play.

You have to learn how to win in this league. It's a process.

I'm just fighting a lot of high-level guys. I feel everyone is trying to be tactical, everyone is trying to put their A-game out there, and I have to find a way to win. I'm all about moving on and trying to get better.

In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class.

I can dominate a game at any point.

The teams that you come across, they are not physically super-human, they are just very good. So it is asking what do we about that. How do we take on the challenge?

I knew that I have the game to beat the best players.

Players at the top level have to be ready for everything.

When you get down, your game plan changes a lot and what you're trying to do is eliminated.

You have to play your game in this league.

I feel no matter who I'm going against that I can get open in a number of ways.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.