Benched Quotes

We benched him and his stick at the same time. Everybody on our bench saw it. You can't hide that. - Lindy Ruff

One, he had injuries; two, he didn't have the success that he had previously in Jacksonville, and, three, he was benched... Put that in your tank as motivation. - Ray Brown

No, I haven't benched A-Rod. He'll pick up Chipper. - Buck Martinez

My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing. - Mike Singletary

My dad has been a huge influence on my life. He's been injured, drafted into the NFL. He's started, been benched, cut and traded. I've watched how he's gone through those good times and bad times. - Matt Hasselbeck

Long before he benched Ramsey and went back to Brunell on Monday, Gibbs handled the quarterback situation with about as much aplomb as a fast-food shift manager firing a fry cook on the spot. - Mike Wise

I would be [angry] right now. Personally, if I played and got ready all offseason and in one game [was benched], it would be hard for me to say, 'Okay.' But he's handling it fine. - Chris Cooley

I was thinking about (being benched) and how tough it was... I was doing anything I could in practice to get back in there. Being the second guy again and all those feelings of anger that built up in me ... I used that as my focus. - J.P. Losman

I did it on a whim because CNN benched me for a month when they found out I wanted to come [to Fox] to work. - Greta Van Susteren