Johnny Bench

A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.

— Johnny Bench

So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.

— Johnny Bench

The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.

— Johnny Bench

These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same…

— 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…

— 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…

— Johnny Bench

You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark.…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Johnny Bench

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

— Johnny Bench

Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

— Johnny Bench

They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box…

— Johnny Bench

I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.

— Johnny Bench

Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come…

— Johnny Bench

My dad owned a propane company in Oklahoma.

— Johnny Bench

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

— Johnny Bench

I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as…

— Johnny Bench

I spent every bit of my money to try and get a Mickey Mantle card, and I don't have one. Growing up…

— Johnny Bench

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.

— Johnny Bench

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

— Johnny Bench

It was not me failing that I was scared of. It was failing those people back home who believe in you. They…

— Johnny Bench

The most validating thing was when my picture was on my first bubble gum card. That was in '68 for me. I…

— Johnny Bench

My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.

— Johnny Bench

I can throw out any man alive.

— Johnny Bench