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.
Barry ZitoIt 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.
Barry ZitoI 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.
Barry ZitoWhen 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.
Barry ZitoYou 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.
Barry ZitoRegardless 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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