I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
BARRY ZITOI just write mechanical things.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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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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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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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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.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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 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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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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I can count my friends on one hand.
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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 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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