Barry Zito Quotes

I love second base.

He slides into second with a stand up double.

The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

Catchers just aren't glamorous.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

We are all really working hard to improve our batting.

If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.

I pitched and I played the outfield.

I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.

That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes they are.

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

Baseball is a team game.

I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a diamond.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.