Tommy Pham

“Sometimes, people don't like the truth. That's one thing I'm learning. They'd rather you lie to them, tell them a good lie, something they want to hear, instead of the truth.”

“I feel the more I play, the more I get better - just to go out there and keep playing, keep learning regarding my craft.”

“It's been one of my personal goals, to represent my team and the National League.”

“I don't do Muay Thai, Kung Fu and box for no reason.”

“I play with intensity. That's just how I've always been.”

“The game is valuing the overall player who can contribute in all aspects of the game.”

“As a team, when you're swinging at strikes and not helping the pitcher... you help out the guy behind you.”

“It's good to make history, because you can't take that from me.”

“When you start cursing at me, it's one thing. It's different from 'Pham sucks.' That's perfectly acceptable.”

“The curse words, I have a problem with because that's not something you would say to me face to face. Where I'm from, in the state of Nevada, it's labeled as assault. Someone comes up to me, cursing at me like that, I could defend myself.”

“It's good to square the ball up in Spring Training.”

“It sucks going from playing in front of a great fan base to a team with really no fan base at all.”

“I have a lot of ability. The key to this game is just putting it all together.”

“I got to look out for me.”

“I enjoyed my time as a Ray. My teammates helped me open up and have fun as a professional.”

“I come from a background where my mom was getting evicted out of houses, getting her car repo-ed, stuff like that. She always had to work for stuff that people take for granted. I used to see her work so hard.”

“I play baseball, but I'm still a fan.”

“St. Louis, they're one of the few teams to where day in and day out they have 40,000 fans at every game, and that's something that I miss.”