We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.
BARRY ZITOI’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.
More Barry Zito Quotes
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I’m OK being the veteran, but I’m still just a kid.
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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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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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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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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 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 hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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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 just write mechanical things.
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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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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’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 do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we’ll always be connected in people’s minds.
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The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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