I’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
BARRY ZITOI 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.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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I just write mechanical things.
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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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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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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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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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Meyer and I have a bit in common because we’re both left-handed. I think it’s great that he seeks out that advice because he’s not too “cool” or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
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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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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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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 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 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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