Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Ben Zobrist - Page 2

I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let a guy get an extra base that I could have stopped, that's something I've got to do better, got to get better at.

I'm consistently making adjustments. You're going to have to do that in the postseason, too.

I just try to focus on one step at a time, what I have to do or what the team has to do to get here.

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 spent so many years shuffled around. I'm used to it and can deal with it.

What I need as a player is just to get at-bats, I think.

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.

For me, it's not so much about picking the right position; it's about the team.

I want to try and get better in every facet of the game.

I did the utility thing at first out of necessity to find a place on the team.

We've got to win a championship and bring a World Series trophy back to Chicago.

Out in the field, I feel like I'm flexible enough to where I'm comfortable at different positions, wherever they want to put me.

I played a lot of right field with Tampa.

I felt like in Tampa Bay a lot of people thought we were overachieving.

My favorite day is relaxing at home with family and friends.

I just try to be the player I am.

We don't even think about it out there. We just focus on doing our job. The ball is the same baseball, the game is the same game. We're going to just keep trying to do our jobs.

The more I spend at one position, the more I can dive into those details.

I am a student of the game.

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.

If you're free of mechanical thoughts and free of knowing that your body and bat are going to be in the right position at the right time, you can freely focus on the ball. It's a great feeling.

Sometimes, you just feel like you're just surviving for parts of the season.

I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

You just keep working and try to have quality at-bats.

I've always loved the infield, because I came up as an infielder.

I can tell there are times when my body's getting tired and I just need to take a day here or there and make sure I'm healthy.

You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.

One of my best friends, James Miller, managed to find the only Cubs hat that is all red.

When I left Tampa Bay, I felt like if my career ended at that point, I'd be okay.

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.

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.

Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.

The one thing is the more I play second base, the more I can work on the intricate movements of that position.

When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.

You don't get a chance to go to the playoffs and World Series very often, but to be able to experience it with the people you love most in the world is really fun.

Occasionally, you have to make adjustments and try different things.

I know what I need to do to prepare myself, and I try to do the best I can to take care of my body and prolong my peak years as a baseball player.

I model my life after my Lord and Master Jesus Christ and his life. He has called me into God's family and I am a representative for him so I just try to be obedient to what He asks me to do.

Everything you do is measured by stats and it is difficult to keep your identity as a person out of the game. It can swallow you whole if you let yourself be engulfed by your statistics.

God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday School and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there if I died and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.

It is natural for me to ignore autograph seekers, but God wants me to share my testimony card with them and be loving. That power and initiative comes from him.