Frank Thomas Quotes

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.

If I'm ready to hit early, if I get fooled, then whatever. I've still got two more strikes.

I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay too much attention to it. I did know about my dad's home run total. Other than that, I don't like to know. It's pointless. Whether you know or don't know, you don't want to think about it. You just want to go out and play the game.

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

The difference between a home run and a swing-and-a-miss is, what, an inch and a half? You can throw a great pitch, the guy makes a great swing. And if it's at a guy, it's an out. That's the beauty of baseball, really. There's not just one guy in control.

Baseball is a team game.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Whenever I have played a game of cricket, whether it is under-16, under-19, or State level, my approach has been the same.

If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.

Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.

When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win one, I'd try to make eye contact with the pitcher.

Baseball began early for me. When I was 5, my father took two Little League bats and put them on a lathe. He whittled them down and sanded the bats so they were the proper size for my brother and me. He began by throwing tennis balls to us. Eventually, we practiced hitting and fielding at a field near our house.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.