Johnny Bench Quotes

Cara, ever since you told me at the age of four that you wanted to be Claudia Schiffer, while you were naked in the bath with a sponge on your head, I knew you were destined for great things.

You always dream about being on a baseball card. It's kind of funny when you finally see it.

I'm not just looking for hits.

I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted.

I feel loved. That's more important to me than being an All-Star, honestly.

I want people to see that I'm not a one-hit wonder.

Once you have a hit, it just becomes another old song.

When my kids ask me, 'What did you do when you were 18?' I will tell them I was already at Paris Saint-Germain, that I was already a star and had to stay at home. I'll have my stories about home.

My mother saw the magazine, and she was like, 'You made it.' I've been on Showtime and Comedy Central, but none of that matters - all that matter is that she sees me in 'People!'

I realize I lack popular recognition.

It is nice to have a lot of people watch your work but I really have thought of it as not the goal of my career but a bonus in my career.

The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.

With each award we get, we become a little bit more overrated. That's what it feels like.

I got a call for 'Aaya Na Tu' the same day that Forbes featured me in their list of 30 under 30. That day, I knew I had established myself as more than just a singer.

It's really great that people are talking so much about me because it means that I'm doing things right.

The higher you climb the ladder, everyone is going to have a reason as to why you're there, why you're on TV, and they don't want to believe the fact you're in the working hard, fighting for storylines.

You don't want to lose the nostalgia of being a superstar.

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.

Five or 10 years from now, people are going to be sitting around going, 'Wasn't there a show about four fat guys in a pawn shop?' And I am sitting on this really nice piece of property on Las Vegas Boulevard. Why not?

Every year I win, everything I do, it cements my legacy.

It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.

I have recall. I don't know why or how. I had a guy once who said he played against me in novice [league, for kids under nine], for the Detroit Lasers. And I said, "Oh yeah, we beat you in the tournament, 8-1 and I think I scored seven goals, and the goalie was left-handed." And he was, "Oh my God. I was the goalie!" .

Nobody gives a crap if we're great musicians.

The first pair of boots I remember owning were Puma Spiders - I still have them in a cupboard at home! They were fantastic boots. I was nine-years-old and I scored about 70 goals with them in a season.

I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that comes from the heavens - or the music press, whatever you want to call it.