Johnny Bench Quotes

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

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
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  • Birth: December 7, 1947

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GoodTeamGoldGameBetterYou

When you start a novel, it is always like pushing a boulder uphill. Then, after a while, to mangle the metaphor, the boulder fills with helium and becomes a balloon that carries you the rest of the way to the top. You just have to hold your nerve and trust to narrative.

Jim Crace

TrustStartRestYouWayTop

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.

Jodie Foster

AgeTimeSchoolDeepRelationships

In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.

John Lasseter

FamilyMoviesEntertainmentEconomic

I catch myself every once in a while doing that weird thing that I see famous people do, where they have sunglasses and hats on and grow out beards thinking that they're fooling people. Dude, you're not fooling anyone: you look just like you.

Sterling K. Brown

MyselfPeopleSunglassesThinking

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

Stan Musial

AlwaysBallGetBatHitLearned

I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'

Steven Heighton

StoryThoughtLiteratureMoreUsed

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

Simon Cowell

LivePoliticsI AmPeopleMeAlways

I actually don't think Ireland has a summer. I never experienced a summer there. It was just so wet.

Travis Fimmel

ThinkSummerNeverWetJustIreland

I promise not to become a source of shame for you.

Mikheil Saakashvili

YouBecomeShameSourcePromise

I'm kind of in between a goody-goody and a rebel. I'm not bad, but I'm not good either. I'm a little crazy.

Michelle Wie

GoodCrazyRebelBadKindLittle

I have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.

Cory Monteith

TimeQuestionsTimingWantKind

School shootings were invented by blacks... and stolen by the white man.

Chris Rock

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