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We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.

Barry Zito

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we’re both left-handed. I think it’s great that he seeks out that advice because he’s not too “cool” or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
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Advice Sports Thinking
When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I’m the same guy I’ve always been.
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Guy People Successful
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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Defense League Sports
I’m not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I’m not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.
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Cocky Give Up Running
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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Perspective Player Trying
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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Ballet Nice Peaceful
We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
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Body Determined Goes
I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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Example Forward Great Look Need
The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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Achieve Person Something Stop
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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Able Intuition
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
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People Sports Thinking
I can count my friends on one hand.
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Friends Hands I Can
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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Calling Father League
I just write mechanical things.
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Writing
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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Bullying Gay Organization
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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Sports Thinking Wind

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