Tommy Pham

“I just have to make sure that I am controlling the strike zone and my swing is on time so I give myself the best chance for having success.”

“Getting traded for the first time is a difficult experience for anyone.”

“When I step on the field, I expect to produce. That's just my mindset.”

“I say, I wanna run faster. I'll look at my mechanics and see I have a bad knee drive. What causes a bad knee drive? I lack ankle mobility. O.K., so if I fix my ankle mobility, I can achieve a dorsiflex position which could drive my knee up.”

“I'm just so appreciative of baseball, that's why I work as hard as I do.”

“I have a lot to prove.”

“I consider myself a very driven baseball player who wants to be better.”

“I remember throwing a ball against the wall playing catch with myself. Throwing a ball up hitting it. Throwing batting practice to myself.”

“I show up, and I work.”

“I was able to gain speed without sacrificing any weight, which I was excited about. I thought to get faster, I would have to get lighter, and that wasn't the case.”

“I can just imagine stealing home to win the game. That right there might be the most exciting thing in baseball.”

“Actually, I respect every team. That's just me - who I am as a person. I feel you have to be that way.”

“I said a lot of good things about Tampa, playing here and the team.”

“I like to eat meat.”

“Once you hit the fastball good, you know they're going to try to attack you maybe a little different. When you hit the breaking ball after that, it makes it harder for them to adjust to you.”

“I believe that I could be a really special player, and all I've got to do, I just need time to show it.”

“I have very big plans for myself in this game.”

“You can say what you want about me, but this is a business. This is an industry based off production.”

“That's the name of the game: preventing runs and scoring runs.”

“I feel like I could put up very good numbers in this game offensively. I just have to prove that I can do it over the course of a season.”