Ryan Zimmerman

It's kind of nice to wake up and feel good every morning.

— Ryan Zimmerman

The Lerner family have been nothing but good to me and my family.

— Ryan Zimmerman

When you think of amazing plays at third, you think of Brooks Robinson.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Growing up in the Virginia Beach area, the Orioles were the team.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I don't consider playing baseball a job. I have too much fun.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I'm a big believer in, if you're ready to play, you're ready to play.

— Ryan Zimmerman

There are a handful of guys who can really throw in the outfield.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I think I can play first effectively.

— Ryan Zimmerman

We want to play; we want to give people something to watch on TV; people love sports.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I think I've been lucky enough to play for a long time. Really lucky to play for the same team.

— Ryan Zimmerman

It's professional sports. You do what you need to do to play and, at the end of the season, you get cleaned…

— Ryan Zimmerman

I've never really been the kind of guy who is going to yell at people or be very outspoken.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I didn't even finish college, and I can tell you if you hit a ball 95 miles-per-hour that's over 25 degrees, it's…

— Ryan Zimmerman

No one comes to the field to watch pitchers bunt or hit. At least I don't think they do.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Players want to play; owners want to play; fans obviously want us to play.

— Ryan Zimmerman

For me, it's just a cleaner game with the DH. You know what's going on. You know the lineup. The pitcher can…

— Ryan Zimmerman

I love baseball and I know how much America loves baseball. But you know what I love way more than baseball? My…

— Ryan Zimmerman

You obviously appreciate your parents, but you really don't have a deep appreciation for them until you kind of go through it…

— Ryan Zimmerman

When you look back at the '90s and early 2000s, pitchers took a lot of pride in it. They got the bunts…

— Ryan Zimmerman

There isn't one way to raise a kid. Everyone does things differently. That's one thing my dad taught me. You have to…

— Ryan Zimmerman

Everyone always says, 'Don't take it for granted.' I don't think we do take it for granted, but sometimes you get caught…

— Ryan Zimmerman

This game's hard enough to play when you're getting consistent at-bats and able to go out there every day. You've got to…

— Ryan Zimmerman

Sometimes after a loss you're angry and say stuff and you guys leave and then 10 minutes later you're thinking that was…

— Ryan Zimmerman

Even in those years when we were losing, it's playing baseball for a living and having a good time. I learned a…

— Ryan Zimmerman

People's lives and health take precedence over everything.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Whenever you have any sort of surgery, nothing's guaranteed.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Spring training is for the pitchers - it is what it is.

— Ryan Zimmerman

The positive of being bad was having a lot of good Draft picks.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Everyone's obsessed with calling themselves a sports town.

— Ryan Zimmerman

My goal has always been to put the barrel on the ball.

— Ryan Zimmerman

It's way more fun when you're expected to win close to 100 games.

— Ryan Zimmerman

My wife and I go to five or six hockey games in the offseason. It's our favorite thing to do.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is.

— Ryan Zimmerman

It's harder than you think to play varsity sports and maintain your grades.

— Ryan Zimmerman

That's the great thing about baseball: every season is completely different.

— Ryan Zimmerman

You know, you can learn a lot from your past, but for me, the past is the past.

— Ryan Zimmerman

For me, my shoulder has taken a lot of banging, whether it's from diving, sliding or throwing.

— Ryan Zimmerman

My wife and I we go to a couple nice dinners a year to get out of taking care of the kids.

— Ryan Zimmerman

If something's hurt and you're masking pain, sooner or later you're going to have to do something a little more than a…

— Ryan Zimmerman

Baseball is such a sport of every day, grinding it out. You're going to have good weeks, bad weeks.

— Ryan Zimmerman