Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
Frank William Thomaswas an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Chattanooga from 1925 to 1928 and at the University of Alabama from 1931 to 1946, compiling a career college football record of 141–33–9. During his tenure at Alabama, Thomas amassed a record of 115–24–7 and won four Southeastern Conference titles while his teams allowed an average of just 6.3 points per game. Thomas's 1934 Alabama team completed a 10–0 season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 December 1898
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not as far away as people think I am.
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.
I just think I deserved better, some closure, in Chicago. If they'd just said they were going in a different direction, it would be fine, but no one gave me any heads up about what was going on.
I put a lot of stress on the front foot when I hit. If I'm healthy, you're going to have a special player.
I don't know how the Angels just let him go.
Chicago should really appreciate this and understand what this is all about. This is the pinnacle.
Hopefully, I'll get hot and make it hard for him to take me out.
I'm real close to ready now. I can get in there with the big boys now.
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.
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.
You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.
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.
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.
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.