Quotes from Ben Zobrist

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth.

There are different angles you have to work with as a hitter. Figuring out with my body what helps me get into those angles... is a constant discovery.

Hitting is not an exact science.

Wiffle ball was my first experience hitting left-handed.

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

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.

It's important to set a tone and get some momentum.

My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

You want to represent Christ well with doing you job, first and foremost, because that's what you're there to do.

I had a chance to choose a couple different places and, well, I grew up - I was a small-town kid from Illinois, so No. 1, just trying to win a championship for my home state.

I grew up in Illinois.

I didn't realize the ceiling that I had, and I don't think a lot of players understand what they're capable of. Some of them dream of what they're capable of, but you don't really understand until you get in the moment and you give it everything you got and see in the end where you can end up.

I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.

I have family and friends who are strong Cardinal fans, and they are having a tough time since I signed. They want to root for me, but rooting for the Cubs is next to a sin.

My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I got a bat and a real ball and played around to see if I could hit left-handed.

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

We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.

Like anybody else that goes and does their job, there's a way to do your job with excellence.

I was never the star of my team, not even in my small town.

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

At the end of the day, you can't control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus.

There are times when your mind isn't ready to go but your body is, and times when your body is ready to go but your mind isn't. You try to get the two in sync as much as possible.

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.

It was like a heavyweight fight, man. Just blow for blow, everybody playing their heart out. The Indians never gave up either, and I can't believe we're finally standing, after 108 years, finally able to hoist the trophy.