Jacob deGrom Quotes

You've gotta be humble. That's what I've been throughout my whole career.

My family never allowed me to get too big for my boots.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

I don't find it hard to stay humble.

The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media.

Being humbled is a good thing.

My ego has been in check for a long time.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.

Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.

Being humbled has been a part of my life for a long time.

I was never able to master the virtue of humility but I was able to master the appearance of humility.

Everybody needs to lower his ego.

I would hope that, for me, regardless of what happens in my career in the future, I always want to maintain a level of humility. I think it's so important to not lose yourself and to just understand that you're a conduit.

Humility is important.

You never can stay enough humbled.

My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time.

Stay humble, always.