A biography for Ryan Zimmermanhasn’t been written yet.
“Talent wins.”
“I think I've been lucky enough to play for a long time. Really lucky to play for the same team.”
“When you think of amazing plays at third, you think of Brooks Robinson.”
“When I stay on the field, I still feel like I'm a really good player. And that's the goal.”
“Everyone is going to make errors. It's part of the game. Nobody wants it to happen. Of course, you feel bad. You play baseball long enough, that kind of stuff happens. It's part of the game. If you let it consume you, that's what gets you.”
“There are a handful of guys who can really throw in the outfield.”
“With plantar fasciitis all you can do is rest so it was frustrating.”
“I wish we had a lockout every year and we'd miss spring training. That'd be great. I don't mean a lockout every year. That sounded bad.”
“I love ribs and brisket.”
“Four or five days in a row, even if you only play four or five innings, you still have to go through the whole routine of getting ready to play a game and then going out there for those four or five innings.”
“I mean sometimes baseball is like that. Sometimes the breaks go your way, you win 7 or 8 in a row and you don't know how you did it. Sometimes you feel like you're in every single game and end up losing 7 out of 10.”
“Any time you do anything in this game, it's humbling. It's a really hard game.”
“Everyone thinks it's easy to catch the ball and throw it back in. But there are a lot of situations that you have to think about before the ball is hit.”
“I'm not going up there trying to hit more fly balls. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard.”
“The positive of being bad was having a lot of good Draft picks.”
“My wife and I we go to a couple nice dinners a year to get out of taking care of the kids.”
“I think experience and learning how to win are overrated.”
“Baseball is such a sport of every day, grinding it out. You're going to have good weeks, bad weeks.”
“I always go for a cheeseburger. I do ketchup, mustard, and mayo all mixed together. Pickles have to be on it, and shredded lettuce.”
“Every ball I've hit that I haven't felt, I knew I hit well.”