Ben Zobrist Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I still have a lot to learn about what the love of Christ is like - that it's not just knowledge... but it's allowing the truth to change you - allowing Christ's message of grace and hope and love through the cross, that that message is the message that changes the way we look at everything in our lives.
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As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.
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I can't take 200 hacks in the cage before the game. Not because I'll get tired, but because I'll hurt myself! I can't do that. I might get injured.
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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.
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It really comes down to God opening the doors for me, and I'm trying to walk through them doing the best I can.
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I never even thought about playing professionally. I didn't think that was a possibility for a little kid from Illinois.
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Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.
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If we just focus on stats, we're gonna eventually not have them.
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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.
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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.
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I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let a guy get an extra base that I could have stopped, that's something I've got to do better, got to get better at.
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Half the time, I have trouble following our own pitcher's sequence.
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I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.
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I've always loved the infield, because I came up as an infielder.
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I just try to focus on one step at a time, what I have to do or what the team has to do to get here.
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We are just so thankful that Christ does not measure us by what we do. God is not measuring us by that, He is measuring us by our faith in Christ.
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I was never the star of my team, not even in my small town.
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The more I spend at one position, the more I can dive into those details.
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You are either good or you're not at whatever your job is. And it is more important that you understand the grace and love and peace you have in Christ, whether you are good or bad at whatever you are doing every day.
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The one thing is the more I play second base, the more I can work on the intricate movements of that position.
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I grew up in Illinois.
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One of my best friends, James Miller, managed to find the only Cubs hat that is all red.