We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
BARRY ZITOWhen 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 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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I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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I just write mechanical things.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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 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 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 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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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’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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I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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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 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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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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