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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
Barry Zito
Since
,
Focused
,
Mechanics
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
Barry Zito
Big
,
Times
,
Defense
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.
Barry Zito
Death
,
Experience
,
Cool
I can count my friends on one hand.
Barry Zito
Friends
,
Hand
,
Count
I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
Barry Zito
Forward
,
Minds
,
Touch
I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
Barry Zito
Find
,
Talk
,
Group
I just write mechanical things.
Barry Zito
Write
,
Mechanical
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
Family
,
Father
,
Big
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
Barry Zito
Life
,
Interests
,
Refuse
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.
Barry Zito
Good
,
Game
,
Happen
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.
Barry Zito
Mind
,
Confidence
,
Become
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
Barry Zito
School
,
High
,
Kid
I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
Barry Zito
Kid
,
Veteran
,
Ok
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. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.
Barry Zito
Age
,
Great
,
Forward
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
Great
,
Cool
,
Advice
Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.
Barry Zito
Yourself
,
Stuff
,
Call
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 Zito
God
,
Sun
,
Works
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
Barry Zito
Solid
,
Outfield
,
Catching
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.
Barry Zito
Famous
,
Successful
,
Someone
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Nationality:
American
Type:
Athlete
Born:
May 13
, 1978
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