Quotes by Johnny Bench - Page 1

I can throw out any man alive.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Alive
Throw
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My dad owned a propane company in Oklahoma.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Oklahoma
Owned
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The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Catchers
Middle
Catcher
Sees
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Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Good As It Gets
Pudge
Wells
Obviously
Rodriguez
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I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Sports
Comeback
Thinking
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Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Baseball
Bed
Slumps
Slump
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They're like sleeping in a soft bed. Easy to get into and hard to get out of.
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Bed
Sleeping
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I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Cotton
Paper
Farm
Peanut
Pulled
Route
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You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Achieve
Setting
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So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Expectations
I Can
Yeah
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I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Bars
Horny
Player
Living
Did
Bar
Seen
He
Exactly
Exactly What
Walk
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A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Baseball
Horse
Outlaw
Softball
Catcher
Drops
Nag
Till
Ride
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My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
World Series
Moment Champion World
World Champion
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The most validating thing was when my picture was on my first bubble gum card. That was in '68 for me. I was finally on the Topps card.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Gum
Bubble
Card
Validating
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These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it made it so much more enjoyable.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Easier
Enjoyable
Best Time Game
Positions
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Jimmy Connors plays two tennis matches and winds up with $850,000, and Muhammad Ali fights for one bout and winds up with five million bucks. Me, I play 190 games--if you count exhibitions -- and I'm overpaid!
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Fighting
Games
Wind
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That's the remarkable thing about baseball. The game has a way of having you scratch your head one minute and drive you crazy, and then the next, you're entertained beyond your wildest hopes. That's why it's the best game.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Baseball
One Minute
Remarkable
Best Your Game
Beyond
Entertained
Hopes
Minute
Scratch
Wildest
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You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark. I mean, you thought it was great to be there in the clubhouse. You thought it was great to be on the field.
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Looks
Mean
Player
Great Look Know
Ballpark
Clubhouse
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It was not me failing that I was scared of. It was failing those people back home who believe in you. They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of my games.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Died
Failing
Oklahoma
Scared
Score
Home Believe Me
Box
Delivered
Newspaper
Once A Week
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They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of my games. My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.
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Games
Oklahoma
Winning
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There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Bust
Pitchers
Mechanics
Remind
Tail
Types
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Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team?
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Awards
Gold
Good Better Game
Foster
George
Glove
Hitter
Joe
Morgan
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I spent every bit of my money to try and get a Mickey Mantle card, and I don't have one. Growing up in Oklahoma, Mickey Mantle was my idol. And here I am, and I'd go pick cotton to have enough money, and I'd buy all of these packs, and I'd chew all of the gum, and I'd never find a Mickey Mantle card.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Cotton
Gum
Mickey
Oklahoma
Packs
Buy
Card
Chew
Enough Money
Idol
Mantle
Pick
Spent
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I don't think you can set up a computer to do a strike zone on a guy who's 6-foot-5 and then a guy who's 5-8. Where does it draw the line? One guy stands tall, and another squats down, and it changes the lines. Nah. I still love the umpires; they do a great job. I don't have a problem with any of that.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Great Job
Tall
Umpires
Zone
Love Great Where
Draw
Stands
Strike
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I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as a high school pitcher, but it was like everybody knew that I was supposed to be a catcher. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Legion
Pitcher
Pitching
Catch
Scouts
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There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think, you're called cocky or conceited. But if you have an objective in life, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up and say it. In the second grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ball player and they laughed. In the eighth grade, they asked the same question, and I said a ball player and they laughed a little more. By the eleventh grade, no one was laughing.
Johnny Bench / Baseball Player
Inspirational
Baseball
Honesty
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