Jacob deGrom Quotes

I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was like, 'I'm going to be a doctor!' Doctor Luvvie was the dream. I was Doc McStuffins before it was a thing.

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.

When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very good poet!

I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

Every girl creates a dream in her mind; everyone needs an idol.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

I never went through a period were I wanted to be a doctor, a cop or even a rock star. All I wanted to do was play short stop for the Yankees from the time I was about 5. Then I turned 15 and realized how silly that was and just gave up on it.

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry.

The motto of my institute has always been, 'If they can see it, they can be it.' And it's literally true. If we show something on-screen, it will change what happens in real life.

When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager.

I was going to school with a girl who was an actor. And I was, like, 'No, I want to be an actor.'

I think if you ask any young guy if they would want a career like Gary Payton, they would tell you yes.

My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.

I've been a writer since I was 13. I've been writing scripts and having pitch meetings. So, when I do see people like Brit Marling getting things done, it lets me know that it's possible. It basically just tells me, 'Dude, get to work!' For some reason, I think that I'm not doing enough work.

Once you leave the minor leagues, you want to not come back. But it's the path that I'm on, the journey that I'm on.

I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.