I can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITOI’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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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’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 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’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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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 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 need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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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 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 just write mechanical things.
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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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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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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