Getting to Know Your Phillies: Jimmy Rollins | 
Baseball Digest: What is your favorite food?
Jimmy Rollins: Italian Food and Honey Fried Chicken
BD: What is your favorite movie?
J-Roll: Boyz n the Hood
BD: What is your favorite T.V. show?
J-Roll: Martin
BD: What is your favorite activity outside of baseball?
J-Roll: Creating Music
BD: If you could be one actor, who would you be?
J-Roll: Denzel Washington, because of all of his accomplishments and different roles he gets to play, good-guys and bad-guys, and he shows a lot of versatility. But if not him, then maybe Samuel L. Jackson for the same reasons, because he shows a lot of versatility and just seems like he has a lot of fun in the roles that he plays.
BD: If you were not playing baseball right now, what would you be doing?
J-Roll: Probably be on the big screen, the silver screen, “A-Listing” somewhere in Hollywood
BD: What are you most proud of in your career?
J-Roll: Winning the 2008 World Series Championship
BD: Who was your favorite baseball player growing up?
J-Roll: All-time favorite player, even to this day, is Rickey Henderson, who was just inducted into the Hall of Fame. That’s where I got a lot of my inspiration, outside my parents, to play baseball and the way I play baseball.
BD: What current or retired athlete, not playing baseball, do you most like to watch?
J-Roll: I love watching Tiger Woods play golf. Also, when the summer months come around every four years, Yusen Bolt is just absolutely incredible, it’s mind-boggling, almost un-humanlike, but we get to see it with our own eyes.
BD: Which players on the team do you hang out with the most/who is your closest friend?
J-Roll: Usually Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth (J-Dub), Chase Utley, and now Ben Francisco, who I call “Benny Fresh,” and I all hang out together.
Topics: Baseball Digest, Baseball Player, Boyz N The Hood, Chase Utley, Closest Friend, Creating Music, Denzel Washington, Good Guys And Bad Guys, Hall of Fame, Italian Food, Jayson Werth, Jimmy Rollins, Phillies Baseball, Rickey Henderson, Ryan Howard, Samuel L Jackson, Shane Victorino, Silver Screen, Tiger Woods, Yusen
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