Quotes from Ben Zobrist

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

When you're hot, you try to ride it as long as you can.

We need to just stay in the moment and stay in our routine.

I love second base.

I knew all the right Bible answers and the Sunday school answers.

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

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

You have to catch the breaks.

I didn't ever realize that my ceiling would be this high, that I would be able to play at the major-league level. But here I am. I've been doing it for a while now, so it's certainly a blast. It's something that I want to cherish and make the most of.

Half the time, I have trouble following our own pitcher's sequence.

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 just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.

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

There have been nights I've stayed up late thinking about, 'What's wrong with my swing? What do I need to fix?'

As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.

When I move to second after playing right field, I feel like my action has gotten too deliberate, and I have to switch back into that quicker, boom-boom infield mode.

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

I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.

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

One-hundred years from now, nobody's going to remember that I played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays - nobody!

I played a lot of right field with Tampa.

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

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.