I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
BARRY ZITOI refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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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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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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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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 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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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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 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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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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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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We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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I just write mechanical things.
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