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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.

From Barry Zito

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.

From Barry Zito

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.

From Barry Zito

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

From 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.

From Barry Zito

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.

From Barry Zito

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.

From Barry Zito

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

From Barry Zito

I just write mechanical things.

From 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.

From Barry Zito

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