Barry Zito
Barry Zito
Barry William Zitois an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants. His pitching repertoire consisted of a curveball, a four-seam fastball, a two-seam fastball, a circle changeup, and a cutter–slider...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 May 1978
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
thinking wind games
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.
thinking people totems
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.
player perspective trying
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.
outfielders catching
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
running giving-up cocky
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.
thinking advice left-hand
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.
kids veteran stills
I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
hands i-can my-friends
I can count my friends on one hand.
goes-on body determined
We're all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads. The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
intuition would-be able
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.
fighting thinking guy
I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
bullying gay organization
We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
athlete rapper people
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.
thinking people care
I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.