Ben Zobrist

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. ”

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

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. ”

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

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”