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.
BARRY ZITOI’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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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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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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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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I can count my friends on one hand.
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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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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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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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I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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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’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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 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’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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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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