I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITOSome 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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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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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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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’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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I think I’m aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
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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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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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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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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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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