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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.

Barry Zito

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.
BARRY ZITO

Advice Sports Thinking
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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People Sports Thinking
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
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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Age Example Identity Kind Some Sports
I just write mechanical things.
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Writing
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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Catching Outfielders Solid
I can count my friends on one hand.
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Friends Hands I Can
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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Believe Spiritual Waiting
The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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Achieve Person Something Stop
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
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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Defense League Sports
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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Depth Interest Refuse
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 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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Sports Thinking Wind
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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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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