Ryan Zimmerman

D.C. is such a unique city.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Nobody wants to watch cheaters.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I love ribs and brisket.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I'm an honest man.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I like to get to work early.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I'm not much of a beer drinker.

— Ryan Zimmerman

With plantar fasciitis all you can do is rest so it was frustrating.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Few players stay in the same place their whole career.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Any time you can do anything special, it's fun.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I enjoy playing baseball. Not being able to do it is tough.

— Ryan Zimmerman

You can't get the big hit every night.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Every ball I've hit that I haven't felt, I knew I hit well.

— Ryan Zimmerman

It is weird to see a game with nobody in the stands. No fans.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I take a lot of pride in defense and try and dive all over the place.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Baseball is baseball whether you're in last place in August or in first place in August.

— 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

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

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

— Ryan Zimmerman

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

— 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

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

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

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

— 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

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

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

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

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

— Ryan Zimmerman

I want to be better every year, just like everyone else does. From what I learned from last year, I feel a…

— Ryan Zimmerman

It doesn't matter what age I am - I think you owe it to the game, you owe it to your organization,…

— Ryan Zimmerman

I think experience and learning how to win are overrated.

— Ryan Zimmerman

But I feel like I can go out there and do what I need to do.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Being in a completely quiet stadium would be so awkward.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Nobody ever wants to say they don't want to play.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Once you get in the postseason, anything can happen.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Nothing is more frustrating than not being to do what you love to do.

— Ryan Zimmerman

A lot of people go through injuries and things like that.

— Ryan Zimmerman

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

— Ryan Zimmerman