Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson
Actor, stuntman and cowboy who won an Academy Award for his role as Sam the Lion in the 1971 Western, The Last Picture Show.
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 June 1918
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I had to slow the game down and pick my spots when to be aggressive. That's one of the biggest ways I've matured as a ballplayer.
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It starts with (San Antonio) Churchill. They're the closest things to a super team this region has this year and (San Antonio) Clark has a very solid team so it's going to be hard to contend if we don't play well.
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I'm going to do whatever it takes to be a better ballplayer.
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I went from a state of disappointment, in not getting the bunt down, to disbelief in a matter of two pitches.
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He's anywhere between 92 and 96, and every once in a while he touched 98. He didn't hide the ball very well. He shows it to you. He's not like a lot of guys who try to play around; he's a go-getter who likes to go after you, a cowboy-up kind of thing.
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The scenario of New Orleans is you have wounded people helping wounded people.
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It's been a dream come true, ... It's what every baseball player dreams of, playing for a chance to get to the World Series. I've made some mistakes along the way, but I've learned from them. I plan to keep learning from them and getting better.
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This is the worst thing I've ever seen in my career.
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Our team was a little inexperienced. We kind of peaked at district. Our inexperience caught up with us on this course. The course won.
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I am saying 40% of people in sports are still using performance (enhancing drugs). I think that based on past experiences I have had. It is not only track and field, there are soccer players, football players, basketball players, cyclists and you would be surprised that some of the great players are doing stuff.
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Some properties doubled in price overnight. People were bidding up prices, not even caring about the price. They just had to have a place to live.
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They confuse us all. They all look alike.
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I was a guy out there who really didn't know how to play the game.
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He showed me the ropes. A lot of the struggles I had in the minors, he's had as a ballplayer. We clicked on that level. We just tried to make a lot of the adjustments I needed to make. Not only on the field, but off the field, how to carry yourself, how to be a professional.