I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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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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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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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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 just write mechanical things.
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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 refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
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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.
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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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I can count my friends on one hand.
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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 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 was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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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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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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