There’s a part of me that wants to go streak and run outside and jump around and go swim in the ocean and do everything. The other part of me wants to bear down and repeat this kind of performance next year and in the years to come.
BARRY ZITOI refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
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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 just write mechanical things.
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I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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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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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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’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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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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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