I’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
BARRY ZITOI’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.
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 ZITOBig league defense is going to get outs most times.
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 ZITOI can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITOThe outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
BARRY ZITOI need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
BARRY ZITOThe only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
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 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 ZITOI 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.
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 ZITOI was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school… I wasn’t a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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 just write mechanical things.
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.
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