Jim Thome Quotes

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

I might go 0 for 4 in a game, but I still had a chance to help the team by making plays in the field.

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.

I was trying my best to just stop that ball from going over the fence, I'd sacrifice my body if I have to. I've done that my whole career.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

I'm one of those guys that's going to show up to the field and try my best.

There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher.

I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.

I learnt that if we won, it didn't matter that I hadn't played. I had to keep working.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

When I'm on the pitch I always give everything for my team.

I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect.

I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.

I give everything, 100%, every game - win, lose, or draw.

I work hard each and every summer, each and every day on my game to become a better player for my teammates, for the organization. Hard work always pays off.

I don't care where I play, and wherever I do play, I'll play hard and give everything I got.

It sounds sycophantic, but I don't think I have met anyone in cricket who gives so much to a team as Marcus Trescothick does to England.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.