Johnny Bench Quotes

When I was on 'The View,' I went backstage to Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room, and she told me, 'People are going to love what you do, and people are going to hate what you do, but you have to keep doing it. You have to stand up and do what you know is true, despite what people are going to say.' And I'm taking that into every aspect of my life.

I'm gonna talk my talk, I'm gonna walk my walk.

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.

I think if you hold your nerve and don't sell out and become something that you're not, you can go anywhere. You know, I think that sort of heart and honesty and size travels.

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

As long as I continue to put forth who I am and what I believe, than I think it all balances out.

I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.

I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say "In spite of all!" has the calling for politics.

Although she was not a politician, my grandmother gave me the most important lesson I've ever received and one I carry with me today. That all you need to be successful in life is three things: your wishbone to dream big, your jawbone to speak the truth, and your backbone to persevere through it all.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.

I know if I stay true to myself and stick to my guns, I will never fail myself.

I don't always think I am right, not by a long shot, but no one stifles me. When I care deeply about something, you are going to know.

I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in.

I have some talent. So, I'm going to show it off. No matter what, I'm gonna keep going.

I've always been a person that has said what's on my mind and stand behind it with a lot of heart and passion.

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.

Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

At the end of the day, you have to be yourself, you have to say and stand for what you believe in, you have to be willing to get up and go ahead and take the slings and arrows and just try to persist through them, because it's apparently an inevitable part of our American democracy.

Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can withstand anything.

I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.