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title: "2 Card Quotes By Johnny Bench"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/i-spent-every-bit-of-my-money-to-try-and-get-a-mickey-mantle-card-and/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/johnny-bench-23502_am_i-spent-every-bit-of-my-money-to-try-and_2051096.jpg)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/the-most-validating-thing-was-when-my-picture-was-on-my-first-bubble/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/johnny-bench-23502_bubble_the-most-validating-thing-was-when-my-pi_2911256.jpg)

## Other authors on Card

## More by Johnny Bench

> [A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/a-catcher-and-his-body-are-like-the-outlaw-and-his-horse-he-s-got-to/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/so-yeah-i-can-say-i-always-set-my-expectations-so-high-that-i-had-a/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/the-catcher-is-in-the-middle-of-everything-he-sees-it-best/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/these-guys-were-the-best-they-were-the-best-at-their-positions-and/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/that-s-the-remarkable-thing-about-baseball-the-game-has-a-way-of/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/there-are-three-types-of-pitchers-you-have-to-deal-with-some-you-just/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/you-know-when-you-can-play-with-the-greatest-players-of-that/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/there-are-too-many-false-things-in-the-world-and-i-don-t-want-to-be-a/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/i-don-t-think-you-can-set-up-a-computer-to-do-a-strike-zone-on-a-guy/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/jimmy-connors-plays-two-tennis-matches-and-winds-up-with-850-000-and/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/well-you-know-pudge-rodriguez-obviously-is-as-good-as-it-gets/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/slumps-are-like-a-soft-bed-they-re-easy-to-get-into-and-hard-to-get/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/they-only-delivered-the-newspaper-once-a-week-where-i-lived-in/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/i-pulled-cotton-at-6-years-old-and-worked-on-the-peanut-farm-and/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

> [Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-bench/joe-morgan-was-the-one-guy-that-absolutely-put-our-team-really-over/)

[Johnny Bench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-bench/)

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