Quotes from Barry Zito

I just write mechanical things.

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.

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

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

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.