We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
BARRY ZITOI 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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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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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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 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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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 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 hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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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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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 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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I just write mechanical things.
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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’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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