I can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITOBig league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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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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 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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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 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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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is 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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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 do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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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 just write mechanical things.
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