Thome Quotes

#1. I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.

Harmon Killebrew

#2. It's tough to strike out. Believe me. I hate striking out. It's no fun. It's embarrassing. But there really isn't anything I can do. It's just a part of my game.

Jim Thome

#3. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. In the case of some men, compassion for a woman exceeds all measure and transports her to an unreal, entirely imaginary world.

Boris Pasternak

#4. There are only a few things worse than having to face up to the fact that the predicaments one finds oneself in are usually the results of one's own foolish actions.

Jean Ferris

#5. We all make mistakes and sometimes you say things and you really don't realize what you're saying at that moment.

Jim Thome

#6. There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

Hillary Clinton

#7. When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see.

Jim Thome

#8. There's an inner feeling you get when you get in a situation to do well in a game. It's hard to explain.

Jim Thome

#9. Charisma's good every night. Something special is always about to happen. You've got to believe it.

Jim Thome

#10. This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was.

Jim Thome

#11. The passion is my favorite part of the city [Philadelphia]. You go from 'we love you' to 'we hate you' back to 'you walk on water.' You're driving, and somebody might wave or somebody might flip you off.

Jim Thome

#12. It's easy to be an educated fool.

R.C. Sproul

#13. Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

Erica Jong

#14. You can't play forever.

Jim Thome

#15. Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.

Jim Thome

#16. My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

Jim Thome

#17. I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.

Jim Thome

#18. Not playing every day, I kind of healed up a little bit from the little injuries that I had the year before. Then, when I got home this winter and my body wasn't beat up, I said, 'Wait a minute, this may work out.'

Jim Thome

#19. You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.

Jim Thome

#20. The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.

Jim Thome

#21. I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid.

Jim Thome

#22. My family has loved Minnesota and that was one of the big reasons we decided to come back. For me, family decisions were a big part to coming back to the Twins.

Jim Thome

#23. I don't really like filling my brain with a lot of stuff.

Jim Thome

#24. Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.

Romeo Dallaire

#25. I was talking to one of the writers about our target audience, and he was insulted that I used that term. But if you're given $60 million to make a film, you'd better know who your target audience is. That's who's going to pay back the bills you run up.

Michael Bay

#26. If I had to give advice about parents, it would be this: Value your relationships with them. Those relationships are what you stand for. Not only are we blessed to wear a uniform that says PHILLIES on the front, but we have our names on the back. That name means you're playing for your family.

Jim Thome

#27. I've always enjoyed interleague play. It gives you a chance to see different clubs, to go to different places. It gives you a good chance to see where you are, where you stand with other teams.

Jim Thome

#28. This is the love that does all things; that brings to pass even the evils we suffer; so shaping them that they are but instruments of preparing the good which, as yet, has not arrived.

Francois Fenelon

#29. My favorite thing to do is still to go back to Peoria, go to my cabin and hunt with the boys. This is a great lifestyle, don't get me wrong. But fun for me is going back with my buddies I grew up with.

Jim Thome

#30. New Year's has never been a real holiday to me anyway. There's no gifts, no feast, just ... bad TV.

Bentley Little

#31. Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

Jim Thome