I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
BARRY ZITOI view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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It’s not like I’m some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field.
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Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can’t wait to experience that.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I’d been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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When I’m doing well, it’s like I’m in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It’s very peaceful.
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I need to have perspective. That’s one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.
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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I just write mechanical things.
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We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
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I’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.
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