Top 27 Frank Thomas Quotes
#1. I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my football workouts in the offseason.
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#2. A lot of guys are free swingers, but I'm up there looking for a specific pitch.
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#3. The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.
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#4. A Home Run Derby is fun. It's just like taking batting practice, and you just want to go deep. Guys do it every day. Yes, there's a little more pressure when they pull that cage back, but if you practice properly, it shouldn't affect the second half of your season at all.
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#5. As you get older, it gets harder to get rid of that belly but I do a lot of cardio to try to stay in shape.
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#6. I think the body responds to more reps better than heavier weight. As long as I got those reps in three or four sets, it didn't bother me and I could come down on the weight. Teams didn't want me to do it as much, but that's just the way it is.
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#7. When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.
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#9. My maturity level is rising. I think there are certain situations that I'm handling better than in the past.
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#11. I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.
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#12. I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.
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#13. I'm just happy to be sitting right here in Chicago and right here at U.S. Cellular Field, holding my Hall of Fame press conference. I'm proud of that.
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#14. I got snubbed about eight times for the Mid-Summer Classic, and I know what type of career I had, and I know that I'm a true All-Star. The selection process is not very accurate.
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#15. I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.
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#16. My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.
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#17. I always try to overachieve. I feel I have something to prove every day.
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#18. I do feel I was overshadowed by some of those guys (who took steroids) ... I had a diminished-skills clause written in after I hit 29 home runs and drove in 92 RBIs, and I think those (steroid-aided home run hitters) are partly to blame.
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#19. Doing something the right way is something I take pride in.
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#20. I just don't feel like I'm old. I still feel like I've got a lot of years, a lot to give in this game, and I'm able to do it because I love to work.
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#21. I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.
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#22. In the South, the food is outstanding. Down south, we eat to get full, and the people up north, they don't do that.
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#24. I always wanted to be the strongest man on the field. Most of the time, they said I was lifting too much but I didn't believe in that at all.
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#25. You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.
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#26. At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.
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#27. I take a lot of pitches. Some guys hate to do that.
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