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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.

Barry Zito

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.
BARRY ZITO

Athlete People Rapper
I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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Kids Stills Veteran
I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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Focused Mechanic Professionally
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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Guy People Sports
We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
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Body Determined Goes
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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High School Kids School
I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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Example Forward Great Look Need
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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Ocean Running Years
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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Able Intuition
I just write mechanical things.
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Writing
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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Perspective Player Trying
The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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Achieve Person Something Stop
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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Calling Father League
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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Mind Pitching Views
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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Ballet Nice Peaceful
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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Cocky Give Up Running

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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