Barry Zito Quotes

Barry Zito — American Athlete born on May 13, 1978,

Barry William Zito is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for 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... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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