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Barry Zito Biography

Barry William Zito (born May 13, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and musician. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants. His pitching repertoire consisted of a curveball (his strikeout pitch), a four-seam fastball, a two-seam fastball, a circle changeup, and a cutter–slider.

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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.

Achieving, Body, Determined, Everything, Goes On, Physical

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.

Becomes, Guy, People, Rich, Successful

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.

Cocky, Giving Up, High, Innings, Running, Standard

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.

Bear, Ocean, Running, Swim, Years

I just write mechanical things.

Mechanical, Things, Write, Writing

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.

Athlete, Common, Hang, People, Rapper, Surfers

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.

Age, Example, Look, Set, Sports

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.

Former, Live, Perspective, Player, Players, Trying

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.

Lose, Mind, Pitching, View, Views

When 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.

Ballet, Like, Nice, Peaceful

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

Depth, Interest, Interests, Life, Molded, Refuse

We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.

Bullying, Gay, Hatred, Organization, Say, Society

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.

Believe, Death, Rebirth, Spiritual, Waiting

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.

Advice, Common, Seeks, Sports, Thinking

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.

Able, Ignore, Intuition, Pitch, Suppress, Would Be

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.

Back, People, Pray, Sports, Thinking, Totem

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.

Call, Guy, Make, Needs, Part, Taoism

You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an instrument or songwriting, takes years to get good at. So for me, I'm excited to start over, and yeah, I have a few talents I can build off of. But I see this as a long process; it's a marathon.

Long, Musical, Starting Over, Talents, Yeah

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

Focused, Mechanic, Mechanics, Professionally, Signed

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.

Calling, Father, League, Told

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