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.
BARRY ZITOI do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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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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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 only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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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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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’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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I’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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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 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 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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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 do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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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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