- Athlete | December 7, 1947 -
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.
Johnny Bench
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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.
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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.
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You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.
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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.
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The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I can throw out any man alive.
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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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