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

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Barry Zito
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: May 13
Baseball Athlete
Baseball Player
Singer-Songwriter
Las Vegas
Nevada
Barry William Zito
Molded
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Depth
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Intelligence
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Ballplayer
Really
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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.
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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.
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We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
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I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
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I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
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I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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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.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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