Jim Thome Quotes

You can’t play forever.

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

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.

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

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

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.