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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. — Johnny Bench Copy Share
So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to. — Johnny Bench Copy Share
These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark. I mean,… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
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… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. — Johnny Bench Copy Share
They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route. — Johnny Bench Copy Share
Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken… — Johnny Bench Copy Share
