A biography for Ryan Zimmermanhasn’t been written yet.
“That's the great thing about baseball: every season is completely different.”
“I didn't even finish college, and I can tell you if you hit a ball 95 miles-per-hour that's over 25 degrees, it's going to be a home run.”
“Thinking about stuff, that doesn't work for me.”
“The days of me playing third base like I used to - I don't want to say are behind me, but it's harder and harder to do that on a consistent basis. It's not because of a lack of effort or lack of work. I don't like to make excuses, but things change over time.”
“You obviously appreciate your parents, but you really don't have a deep appreciation for them until you kind of go through it and see how hard it is, how much work it takes.”
“Growing up, I always just thought of the DH as the difference between the two leagues. But I also did have a sense of: 'This is silly. Why don't we all just play by the same rules?'”
“I'm been very lucky to be in the situation I've been in. I grew up in Virginia Beach, went to school at the University of Virginia and played in D.C. for the better part of 14 years, with my parents being four hours away. It's been a very special place growing up here.”
“I think I can play first effectively.”
“Nobody ever wants to say they don't want to play.”
“I kind of envision myself being that way when I'm done playing: Still being active and staying in shape but not necessarily doing what we do every single day to get ready for a game.”
“The truth is that D.C. is a place where not many people are born and raised, so a lot of people come here in their early 20s to work, or even a little bit later, and then adopt the team that's there.”
“I don't think the money matters to me anymore. I just want to continue to play baseball and keep playing baseball in D.C.”
“You can't get the big hit every night.”
“You're so excited to be in the big leagues the first couple of years, you concentrate on establishing yourself and doing anything it takes to help your team win.”
“For me, it's just a cleaner game with the DH. You know what's going on. You know the lineup. The pitcher can just worry about pitching.”
“Sometimes after a loss you're angry and say stuff and you guys leave and then 10 minutes later you're thinking that was the dumbest thing I ever said.”
“I take a lot of pride in defense and try and dive all over the place.”
“Baseball is baseball whether you're in last place in August or in first place in August.”
“This game's hard enough to play when you're getting consistent at-bats and able to go out there every day. You've got to be able to create a rhythm, get into a groove.”
“Growing up in the Virginia Beach area, the Orioles were the team.”