“Me and my buddies heard a lot about Brooks Robinson from our parents a...” — Ryan Zimmerman Quote

“Me and my buddies heard a lot about Brooks Robinson from our parents and coaches. My best friend from home that I grew up with, his father, who was our AAU coach, his middle name was Brooks, named after Brooks Robinson. As a third baseman, I always looked up to him.”

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

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

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

“People's lives and health take precedence over everything.”

“I've always been taught just to go about your business and do things the right way on and off the field.”

“The clown-suit collection started when my best friend, Ruby McCollister, was working at an arts day care and she stole a raggedy clown suit from the costume bin for me. She was like, 'You're gonna need to perform in these.' Everything was leaning toward clown, but I hadn't gone full clown suit until Ruby.”

“My father's best friend, Georgie Terra, was an Italian guy. The children and the cousins and nieces and nephews were children of the Mafia. Those were the children he grew up with. If you want to go to a safe neighborhood, go to where the Mafia is.”

“Diana and I are in it forever. She's my best friend.”

“My mum is the funniest and sweetest person I know; my sister's like my best friend, so it's great having them around.”

“I started my business with my best friend from high school.”

“My 4-year-old son prays every night for his best friend who is the same age - our next door neighbor in Liberia, a little Liberian boy: 'Dear God, please don't let him get Ebola.' I'm proud of him for thinking about his friend and praying for him but that's not a prayer that a 4-year-old should have to consider.”