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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.

Barry Zito

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Trying

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.

BARRY ZITO

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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Rapper
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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Catching Outfielders Solid
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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Defense League
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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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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Successful
I can count my friends on one hand.

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I can count my friends on one hand.
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I Can
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 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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Pitching Views
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.

BARRY ZITO

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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Calling League
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.

BARRY ZITO

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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Running Years
I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

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I hadn’t focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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Focused Mechanic Professionally
Meyer 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 ZITO

Meyer 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.
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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 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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Cocky Running
I just write mechanical things.

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I just write mechanical things.
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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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Some
We’re all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads.

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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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Determined Goes
I’m so secure in myself I couldn’t care less what people think of me.

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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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