The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
BARRY ZITOI need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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 need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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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 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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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 can count my friends on one hand.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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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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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