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Barry Zito


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"Sometimes, I have to step outside myself and realize that for the most part I just feel like me, which is what I've always felt. Everything around is changing, but I see the same guy in the mirror every morning. I don't think of myself being any different."

"It's cool to go and hang out with the fans, kind of get acquainted with them. I remember how I felt when I was getting my favorite player's autograph when I was 8 or 9. I just thought those guys were gods. I try to talk to the fans on more of a human basis, so they realize I'm just another guy."

"I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, no life, no depth, no intelligence. If people think I'm weird, well, I think I'm more normal, because a normal person has hobbies and things I like to do that's not hunting and golf."

"It's nice if we go out to a club and we can't get in line, That's the only time like, 'Oh, that guy's a Cy Young Award winner. Let him in line.' That's the biggest perk."

"Just amazing, talking to him about pitching, chatting with him about curveballs and stuff." - on talking with Sandy Koufax

"I don't have the balls to perm it, dude."

"I've got the Elvis look going, dude."

"The older Elvis, with like the jumpsuits and stuff? I'm not into the jumpsuits. Like, with the sequins and crap. But I do like the younger Elvis."

"All these guys in this clubhouse know is hip-hop. They don't know anything."

"Pitching on LSD? That's pretty impressive. I could never function -- or at least pitch -- on LSD. I don't know how you could ever do that. Pitching's hard enough."

"It's pretty deep, man. Very deep."

"Early morning, 5:30, sun's still coming up, it's dark out, but the sun's starting to peek out, and you paddle out, and sit on the outside, and it's all glassy, it's freezing cold, you're blowing out air, and you're the first guy out there ... you just see the waves come peeling off, dude. Oh, it's an unbelievable feeling."

"People act like we don't have a fourth or fifth starter."'

"I don't know how really alike we are, but we all bring some freak to the table."

"When we know each other so well, it's funny to see each other acting like 10-year-olds (in the clubhouse) and then be all concentrating on the field. "

"We're over it. He's gone. We don't want to talk about it." -on Jason Giambi

"I got the pimpest thing ever this winter, a brown corduroy suit with that real thick wale, plus a puke-gold tie. "

"Monkey's uncle!"

"People keep focusing on what we lost, but we've got a great young core of guys. Half the starters are 26 or under. We've got some exciting years to come if we get everyone locked up. This could turn out to be something great."

"I guess I was planned, but I'm not sure."

"I'll make some really snide little comments about stuff. Try to push mom's buttons..."

"My love right now is baseball and I don't see settling down anything soon, because to put the time and effort into something as important as a family it would be hard to balance things, and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet. It's tough just to be in a relationship."

"When I was in high school, my hair ws down to my chin. I had what you call a "mop top," -- hair on top and shaved on the sides, It's sort of a bad hair cut now, but it was in style back then. I don't really do it to go against the norm or grain, I just wear it long thats all."

"My hair is really straight. So, if I wash it when I get up in the morning, this thing called "the rooster" will happen. It's like the hair is up in the middle, almost like a Mohawk, from sleeping on both sides of the pillow. It pushes it all up the middle. Thats bad, especially when it is cold. So, I like it when it is dirty - it's easier to manage."

"Huddy (Tim Hudson) is to old school to dye his hair."

"Better than the average guy."

"I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me,"

"I'm in my own little world, on my own little island, and if people want to come over and join me, let's go, let's party. If not, no big deal."

"I'm not going to lead my life in a way that's going to conform to other people's expectations. I'm going to be who I want to be."

"I don't want to go anywhere else. I love this team, Even though we lost Jason, we'll score runs. And obviously, I love our pitching staff."

"It's not like some staffs where, because of the media, they say they are friends but they never hang out. We all hang out. And that helps us with our unity and adds a dynamic to our team that helps."

"I never really thought I could say no. I guess I could have blown it off to be with my buddies and waste time, but I didn't. It was tough sometimes, but I was open to it, so it was good."

"My mom was big on being the nurturing type, Every game she was there to tell me not to worry about it if I had a bad game. My dad was there saying we needed to get back to work. She had a purpose and he had a purpose, and it was a good mix."

"After I was with my dad, I went out there and changed my image, I went out there with a new air about myself."

"I'm big into having routines. I'm almost a little anal about it, but you have to be, especially at this level."

"My routines include reading. I don't read just to pass time. It's not really that I love reading, it's that I love being prepared and I love learning. If reading is what is required of me to learn and to be on top on my game, that's what I'm going to do."

"The best guitar in the world, man" -on Taylor guitars

"And it's fun as all hell, man. We have a blast." -on mountain biking

"It was an honor to go out there and see his footprints in the dirt," - talking about Randy Johnson

"Obviously baseball is my No. 1 priority, but music is something I can be a little bit more creative with. Fastball, curveball, changeup, you can only put so much of your personal expression into it."

"Some of the guys said, 'Why don't you just take clothes out of your closet and dress up the rookies in those?' "

"People who find great success will all tell you the same thing: It feels like something else is coming through you,"

"I love the vibe here,"

"I do basically one of two things when I come home: play the guitar or work on my mental stuff. The guitar gets me kind of away from it, where I can clear my head. And then I dive right into my preparation for my next start. It's like my in-season mode."

“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.”

“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."

"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."

"Mulder thinks all the ladies want him, but once they meet him, they dont like him anymore"

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