Top 49 Zito Quotes
#1. One day between takes on the 'Oz' set, I went into one of the cells and laid down and dozed off. When I woke up, I thought I was back in a federal pen. But I did my time, and today no one is more of a free man than Chuck Zito.
Chuck Zito
#2. 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.
Barry Zito
#3. So if one, or two, or a handful of guys sells drugs for their own personal gain and profit who just so happens to be a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, we want that same consideration.
Chuck Zito
#4. 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.
Barry Zito
#5. Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
Barry Zito
#6. I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.
Barry Zito
#7. 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.
Barry Zito
#8. I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
Barry Zito
#9. See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business.
Chuck Zito
#10. Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.
Chuck Zito
#11. I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.
Barry Zito
#12. We're all physical bodies, but basically everything we do is determined by what goes on in our heads. The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.
Barry Zito
#13. There was no club but the Hells Angels as far as I was concerned.
Chuck Zito
#14. Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
Chuck Zito
#15. So from an angry lawman's mouth, the Outlaw Motorcyclists were born.
Chuck Zito
#16. Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
Barry Zito
#17. The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
Barry Zito
#18. 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.
Barry Zito
#19. When I was old enough to ride a motorcycle and got my license, I bought a '69 Sportster.
Chuck Zito
#20. Then we have a World Run, where representatives from all the charters meet.
Chuck Zito
#21. 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.
Barry Zito
#22. 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 Zito
#23. You get to know them, they get to know you and see if they like you. Then they'll vote on you to become a prospect. You have to be sponsored by a Hells Angel.
Chuck Zito
#24. I was a stuntman for over fifteen years.
Chuck Zito
#25. 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.
Barry Zito
#26. I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.
Barry Zito
#27. I broke two knuckles in my right hand when I gave Jean-Claude Van Damme an attitude adjustment. I got nothing except a medical bill.
Chuck Zito
#29. I'm in California a lot; I go overseas sometimes and I meet more Hells Angels than other Angels do.
Chuck Zito
#30. Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.
Chuck Zito
#31. I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
Barry Zito
#32. I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie.
Chuck Zito
#34. I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
Barry Zito
#35. We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.
Barry Zito
#36. I have a saying - 'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.'
Chuck Zito
#37. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
Barry Zito
#38. 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.
Barry Zito
#39. Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.
Chuck Zito
#40. 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.
Barry Zito
#41. I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
Barry Zito
#42. It 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 Zito
#43. Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else.
Chuck Zito
#44. There's probably about 150 charters in the world. We're the biggest international club there is.
Chuck Zito
#45. My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.
Chuck Zito
#46. So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and all other clubs try and imitate what the Hells Angels have already done.
Chuck Zito
#47. I can count my friends on one hand.
Barry Zito
#48. If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.
Chuck Zito
#49. I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school ... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
Barry Zito
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