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
baseball grief hear strike sure word
So I'm going to get some grief about this. I don't say a word when I strike him out, but I'm sure I'll hear about this.
body guys happy hope missing squash
I'm not missing any starts. No way. If I was going to miss a start, it would be (Sunday). Why am I so sure? Because I'm in my body and I feel it. I feel fine. There will be no controversy from this. I hope you guys squash this. I'm not happy at all that it's out there.
atmosphere game johnson last opening randy sort yankees year
I'm so excited. Man, it's going to be awesome. Last year's Opening Day was a day game in Baltimore, and it didn't really have the sort of atmosphere this year will have. We'll be at home, it's the Yankees and Randy Johnson -- that's just perfect. It couldn't be any better.
feels missing
I'm not missing any starts. If I was going to miss a start, it would've been (Sunday). I know my body. It feels fine. There will be no controversy over this.
command either fastball few great last tonight until
I didn't have great fastball command or a curveball tonight either until the last few innings,
against attack candidate close hitters hopefully
You know going up against a Cy Young candidate that it's going to be a close one, so you've just got to go out and attack the hitters and hopefully come out on top,
hopefully key last learn lessons monday staying trust within
You just learn these lessons and hopefully you only learn them once. I only want to learn the lesson last Monday just once. The key is just staying within yourself. I just have to trust my stuff.
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.
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.
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.
guy taoism want
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.
kids school high-school
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.