115 Quotes by Barry Zito

I think it was good to get one of these in. Generally you encounter in spring every situation you'd face in the regular season. This was another one of those.

I was working on keeping the ball down and I felt like I did that. I didn't establish the inside corner and that was the difference.

I was just getting the ball up. It seems like we were playing guys one place in the outfield, and they kept hitting it to the other, you know? Everything just went their way today.

I was kind of lethargic mentally. But that works to my advantage. It helps me not freak out because you're not attentive to every little hit or what a fan is saying. It's better just to be in a little bit of a daze.

I think there will be more of a baseball atmosphere.

I was trying to be too fine. I kept missing with my fastball. I fell behind and that was the difference. ... I've had rough ones before. I have to go out and let it fly. I have to let it go.

It felt good to do that, but I've got to be able to do it during the inning itself. If something goes wrong, I've got to be aggressive in the strike zone and get it done.

It doesn't even seem real, ... Pretty cool day.

I think going on Howard Stern was great. I was such a fan of his for so many years. It was just so cool to be in that studio.