Zito Quotes & Sayings

I've been fighting my whole life. — Chuck Zito

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

Regardless 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. — Barry Zito

See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business. — Chuck Zito

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

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

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

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

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

Then we have a World Run, where representatives from all the charters meet. — Chuck Zito

Not sullenness, I understand suddenly. Bravery. Together we crawl to the lip of the cave. Zito sits in the center of the meadow, curled up on himself panting. Around him, the animagus traces lines in the earth with the glowing end of his staff, a task that requires all his focus. I nod at Lupita and push her out of the cave. She freezes for just an instant, then turns and slips over the boulders as quietly as the moonrise. — Rae Carson

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

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

I just write mechanical things. — Barry Zito

If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it. — Chuck Zito

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

Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else. — Chuck Zito

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

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

So from an angry lawman's mouth, the Outlaw Motorcyclists were born. — Chuck Zito

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

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

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

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

I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie. — Chuck Zito

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

I'm in California a lot; I go overseas sometimes and I meet more Hells Angels than other Angels do. — Chuck Zito

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

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

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school ... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast. — Barry Zito

Big league defense is going to get outs most times. — Barry Zito

I can count my friends on one hand. — Barry Zito

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds. — Barry Zito

There's probably about 150 charters in the world. We're the biggest international club there is. — Chuck Zito

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me. — Barry Zito

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me. — Chuck Zito

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

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield. — Barry Zito

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

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

There was no club but the Hells Angels as far as I was concerned. — Chuck Zito

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

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

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid. — Barry Zito

I was a stuntman for over fifteen years. — Chuck Zito

When I was old enough to ride a motorcycle and got my license, I bought a '69 Sportster. — Chuck Zito

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

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

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people. — Chuck Zito

One other note on this same subject. Think about it logically. If the trafficking of methamphetamine and other narcotics is such a spectacularly efficient and profitable business endeavor for the Hells Angels ... if we're moving hundreds of millions of dollars of this shit all over the world . . . then why are so many of our members dead fucking broke? — Chuck Zito

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

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5. — Chuck Zito