I can count my friends on one hand.
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.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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 refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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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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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 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 just write mechanical things.
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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 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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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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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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