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.
BARRY ZITOI 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.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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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 hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I just write mechanical things.
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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 outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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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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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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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 do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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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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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’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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I need to have perspective. That’s one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.
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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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