115 Quotes by Barry Zito

I just write mechanical things.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

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