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.
BARRY ZITOEveryone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can’t wait to experience that.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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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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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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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 hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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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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 need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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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 just write mechanical things.
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