I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITOI was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITOMeyer 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.
BARRY ZITOI’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
BARRY ZITOIt’s not like I’m some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field.
BARRY ZITOI 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.
BARRY ZITOWe speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
BARRY ZITOWhen 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 ZITOThere’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.
BARRY ZITOIt 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.
BARRY ZITOI think I’m aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
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.
BARRY ZITOSome 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.
BARRY ZITOI 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.
BARRY ZITOI hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
BARRY ZITOI can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITOI need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
BARRY ZITO