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.
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… - Johnny Bench
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…
- Johnny Bench
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 m… - Johnny Bench
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 m…
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. - Johnny Bench
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.
So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to. - Johnny Bench
So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.
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 g… - Johnny Bench
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 g…
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 p… - Johnny Bench
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 p…
Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets. - Johnny Bench
Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.
I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living. - Johnny Bench
I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.
I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming. - Johnny Bench
I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.
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