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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.


Jacob Epstein

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JACOB DEGROM You never want to see a guy struggle. And we've all struggled. It's part of the game.
JACOB DEGROM I like that the pitcher hits. I think that my feeling is that everybody should play a position. In o...
JACOB DEGROM We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when yo...
JACOB DEGROM I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my wh...
JACOB DEGROM When I'm away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.
JACOB DEGROM I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to ...
JACOB DEGROM I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. I...
JACOB DEGROM My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
JACOB DEGROM I actually had a buzz cut all the way to my junior year in college. I would just buzz my head with a...
JACOB DEGROM This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportu...
JACOB DEGROM I would say I stay pretty calm. Don't let the game get too fast on me. I try to keep my emotions...
JACOB DEGROM Whenever we had career day at elementary school, and we could dress up like what you wanted to be, w...
JACOB DEGROM I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
JACOB DEGROM Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch ...
JACOB DEGROM I think in high school and college, you don't really know what your routine is going to be; you&...
JACOB DEGROM I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So tr...
JACOB DEGROM You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know w...
JACOB DEGROM Look good, feel good, play good.
JACOB DEGROM It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics beca...
JACOB DALTON I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to m...
JACOB DALTON I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.
JACOB DALTON I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basica...
JACOB DALTON Everybody always asks me, 'How much can you bench?' I'm like, 'I don't know. I d...
JACOB DALTON My eighth-grade year, I was home-schooled. I'd basically wake up, go to the gym in the morning, ...
JACOB DALTON My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
JACOB DALTON To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking ple...
JACOB BRONOWSKI The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
JACOB BRONOWSKI It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and t...
JACOB BRONOWSKI The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
JACOB BRONOWSKI Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when t...
JACOB BRONOWSKI The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.
JACOB BRONOWSKI Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because sc...
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