python return value from single cell dataframe

1import pandas as pd
2
3data = ["thing"]
4df = pd.DataFrame(data)
5
6print(df.values)
7print(df.values[0])
8print(df.values[0][0]) #Get first element each time you want to remove the "[]" from a SINGLE value
9
10>>>[['thing']]
11>>>['thing']
12>>>'thing'