A biography for Ben Zobristhasn’t been written yet.
“I can't take 200 hacks in the cage before the game. Not because I'll get tired, but because I'll hurt myself! I can't do that. I might get injured.”
“The most important thing is that we're impacting people for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ... that's why we're here.”
“At the end of the day, you can't control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus.”
“What I need as a player is just to get at-bats, I think.”
“I played a lot of right field with Tampa.”
“The best things happen when you're not overthinking it.”
“I knew all the right Bible answers and the Sunday school answers.”
“One-hundred years from now, nobody's going to remember that I played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays - nobody!”
“I'm a manager's player, in a way, because he can use me in a lot of different ways, and I'm willing to do that.”
“I just try to be the player I am.”
“I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.”
“I've been back to the Kansas City area a lot in the past. My sisters went to college in the area. My brother went to college in the area. I've got friends there, so there's some ties to the area.”
“In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.”
“As I get older, I just need to continue to make sure I'm staying in peak shape and taking care of my body the best I can.”
“When you get moved around, it can be jarring, but it helps to fine-tune your focus in the middle of the season, when other guys are getting a little lackadaisical.”
“I was never the star of my team, not even in my small town.”
“I'm not the best athlete.”
“Occasionally, you have to make adjustments and try different things.”
“I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.”
“Sometimes, you just feel like you're just surviving for parts of the season.”