Jacob deGrom Quotes

I like struggle.

I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.

There is no success without hardship.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

Everybody has their struggles.

I don't think there is anything unusual about my struggle. It's a very typical struggle where you meet bad people, and then you meet good people, and then you finally have a breakthrough.

In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it.

I've had to fight to improve my life. Nothing has come easily.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

In the NFL, you're always facing an obstacle.

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

It's the essence of sport to be able to swallow tough things up.

Sometimes you're going to win close fights, and that's the way it is.

I think, in football, you have to go through difficulties.