A biography for Ryan Zimmermanhasn’t been written yet.
“It is weird to see a game with nobody in the stands. No fans.”
“A lot of people go through injuries and things like that.”
“The Lerner family have been nothing but good to me and my family.”
“Players want to play; owners want to play; fans obviously want us to play.”
“When you're going good, everything feels good and everything feels in sync. When you're not, everything feels disconnected.”
“Few players stay in the same place their whole career.”
“Nobody wants to watch cheaters.”
“I'm a big believer in, if you're ready to play, you're ready to play.”
“Being in a completely quiet stadium would be so awkward.”
“I think a lot of athletes, with as much social media and publicity and stuff like that that we get, I think a lot of athletes do a really great job of using that to bring awareness to causes that are special to them.”
“I think getting a job and learning how to work with other people, if you were supposed to be there, you had to be there, I think it's good.”
“The people that play this game and don't want to win a World Series are here for the wrong reasons. Usually, those are the guys you don't want on the team. That's the ultimate goal.”
“No one comes to the field to watch pitchers bunt or hit. At least I don't think they do.”
“You should feel like you're the best player out there, and you should tell yourself you are. You should be the guy everyone thinks will get the game-winning hit.”
“There isn't one way to raise a kid. Everyone does things differently. That's one thing my dad taught me. You have to go through it and figure it out.”
“Everyone always says, 'Don't take it for granted.' I don't think we do take it for granted, but sometimes you get caught up in the grind and you get into the routine and you don't really realize how cool it is to play baseball for a living.”
“I've never really been the kind of guy who is going to yell at people or be very outspoken.”
“Any time you can do anything special, it's fun.”
“The system, the Draft are put in place to help teams that are struggling get better - be able to compete.”
“This is a game of adjustments. The ones who can make them the easiest are the ones who are usually around the longest and succeed the most.”