Best Bench Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I'm prepared to do whatever is asked of me. If that's play the 1 or slide to the 2 or come off the bench or start, it doesn't really matter.”

“Coming off the bench, sometimes the first thing we need is to spark a little energy.”

“I was 8 or 10, and I was a catcher, and my grandmother said to me, 'I want you to be like Johnny Bench.' I said, 'Who's Johnny Bench?' She said, 'The best catcher to ever play the game.' She told me all about him.”

“I think I run the floor really well, shoot the ball well and help teammates off the bench.”

“No one wants to sit the bench. I don't know a player that does.”

“For me it's never been about starting, scoring points, coming off the bench.”

“I gained a lot of respect for guys that are able to be able to be career guys at the end of the bench.”

“In the role I've been given, I do what's best for the team and, if I can add something from the bench, then that's great.”

“You don't want to be on the bench thinking, 'Why am I not playing?'”

“No-one likes to sit on the bench.”

“Every time I walked to the plate against Clemens I had to work. If I got to first or I came back to the bench, I was dripping sweat because it was just a grind from Pitch 1 until the end.”

“Start the first minute or come off the bench, it's the same game. You're playing the same game.”

“I try to play with the same confidence whether I'm starting or coming off the bench.”

“If I'm playing good off the bench, it's going to help us win games.”

“I love to hoop and you can never get better just by sitting on the bench.”

“I'm mentally drained even when I'm just sitting on the bench and not playing.”

“It's one of the worst things in our profession, being on the bench. The only worse thing is being injured.”

“I sat on the bench and then came in and made a pass or two.”

“To be a bench coach for one year with a wonderful organization, people I really appreciate and we're going to share something for the rest of our careers, the Houston Astros, Jim Crane, Jeff Luno, A.J. Hinch, and all those players that have a special place in my heart.”

“I've always been team first trying to win games. If that's me starting basketball games then that's what we'll do. If that's me coming off the bench, that's fine, too.”

“I've been on bad teams, I've been on good teams - great teams even. And I ended my career as the first big man off the bench for some really good teams and enjoyed that role.”

“I always look back as my time in New York as a great time in my life, get a start in the league from last guy on the bench to captain by the last year or two. More than anything, I discovered my game in the NBA.”

“Whether I start or come off bench, I'll do my best for the country.”

“When I was in high school, my high school coach told me if I ran he was going to bench me. So I didn't run in high school. Then in college, if you look at my statistics, I had negative yards rushing because they took the sacks off of your rushing yards.”

“Sitting on the bench is not what I'm about.”

“It's hard to be on the bench and watch.”

“I feel like it's just a mindset, a mentality. Whether you're starting or coming off the bench, I feel like my game is very versatile, so I can do both things.”

“I'm not worried about who's starting and who's coming off the bench.”

“When I come off the bench, I have that intensity and that effort. That's something all of us guys are trying to bring, but especially the guys off the bench. Because we can play a role in any game, let alone the playoffs.”

“I'm looking forward to staying on the bench as a manager. I'm not going to push myself into the team or play for the sake of it.”

“There are only a handful of guys in the NBA who are going to be superstars and I think I found a bit of a niche with the Jazz to come off the bench and do what I do.”

“I work hard in training and the ultimate goal is to get in the starting XI. All I can do coming off the bench is affect the game and score the goals so hopefully that puts a question mark in the manager's mind.”

“Some players need it and some don't. Some have a little too much confidence. But bench players, guys in secondary roles, just need a shot of confidence all the time.”

“No one wants to sit on the bench.”

“On the bench, I've got no problem with Jurgen Klopp, he's managed his team and it's fantastic.”

“It doesn't matter to me, because in Europe I used to play for my national team... I was one of the best players and I start from the bench. For a European player, it means nothing. If I'm going to have the minutes, it doesn't matter to me if I'm going to start.”

“Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, I just want to be able to help and compete.”

“My dad would never, ever play me over somebody because I'm his son. If I'm not playing well, I'm sitting on the bench.”

“I think when you come off the bench, you know you're going to play, but you don't know really when, what time in the game, what quarter, so it's kind of different.”

“I don't train to be on the bench.”

“In 1959 I had broken the bench press record by lifting 565 pounds, and I could lift 715 pounds from a squat.”

“I think when you're starting you have more of a luxury. You know you're going to play 33, 35, 37 minutes per game, so you can kind of feel the game out. When you come off the bench you have to be more in attack mode. You have to make something happen immediately.”

“If you think that I got to come off the bench, then I am going to put you in a position to try to prove you wrong. Then after a while, it was kind of fun, and over the years it was my makeup.”

“It's kind of hard to sit on the bench and watch your team go down when you think you can go out there and make a difference.”

“I was still on the bench at the beginning in Naples, then I started to play and I wanted to enjoy my moments. I worked so hard to get into the team and I didn't want to leave - that would have been too easy.”

“So if I'm on the court or on the bench, I'm just going to support my teammates, no matter what.”

“President Trump continued his strong commitment to nominating conservative judges to the bench who respect the rule of law with his selection of Holly Brady for the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana.”

“None of us want to live in a society where people are forced to sleep in shop doorways, on park benches or in dangerous, run-down buildings.”

“Coming off the bench behind a fine young center like Alonzo Mourning fits my style.”

“It's not fun if you're sitting on the bench and aren't playing during Christmas. Damn, dude, I could've been watching this at home with my family. As long as you get some camera action on Christmas time, it's OK.”

“I think it's always good to learn on the court instead of being on the bench.”

“It's hard to come off the bench and be ready all the time.”

“Coming off the bench, I'm able to view the game, see how their bigs are playing. And what I bring to the table is energy. The starters go in and run their bigs for a bit. When I check in it's time to punch the clock and play hard.”

“There'll be creative business leaders but actually, when it comes down to it, they can't do anything unless they're part of a collective. Unless they've got that wealth creator, that engineer and that work person, that skilled person at the bench to fulfil that idea... they're nothing.”

“The time you are happy to sit on the bench, is the time you should retire in my opinion.”

“Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I'd just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?”

“If for half a year you only get 10 minutes to play from the bench, then you have no rhythm.”

“When you're preparing for a game, you prepare like you're starting. But if you're not, if you're coming off the bench, everybody has a role.”

“If you want to see how good your team is, look at your bench.”

“Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.”

“The advantage of not starting is you're sitting back, looking at the game and saying, 'OK, we need rebounding,' or 'We need hustle points.' Coming off the bench, that's what you try to do. The disadvantage of it is you gotta catch that flow. You're coming off the bench, you gotta come ready, warmed up already, catch the flow of the game.”

“It killed me being on the bench and watching my teammates play. I wanted to be out there helping them win. But that gave me more motivation.”

“I can't afford to do the highlight dunk and miss it because, if I do that, I'll be sitting right on the bench beside the coaches.”

“Judicial Watch is pleased that Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court will provide President Trump another opportunity to nominate a constitutional conservative who will honor the Constitution and the rule of law, rather than legislate from the bench.”

“If a player is 20 or 21 and sits on the bench for two or three years, I don't know if that's useful.”

“When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.”

“I played varsity in high school as a 9th grader. I came off the bench during the first game of the season and had 25 points. Well, I became a starter after that and in the second game I scored 53 points.”

“I went for a warm-up and got called back and the fans started singing my name when I was sat on the bench. I thought: 'Oh my god. There are 25,000 people in the ground and there are around 1,000 Swindon fans singing a 20-year-old's name that has just been working on a building site.'”

“Most of my career, I've always kind of been off the bench, so, for me, it's not about if I start or not.”

“Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.”

“Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try to be fresh when you come on the pitch.”

“There's no doubt that having some guys on the bench that have been through things, and that are older and experienced, understand not just the highs but the lows of losing a game. Winning and keeping a steadiness throughout a game, their voice in timeouts, it's really valuable.”

“To resign from the front bench is not a decision to be taken lightly.”

“I have got pictures of me sleeping on the bench when I was four years old while my dad was practicing. I used to go to practice with him all of the time and they would play until it was late. I sometimes got tired and I would be sleeping there, but it was inside so not too bad.”

“If I'm starting, I'm gonna do that, that's the main goal for me, to be the best player I can be. But being on the bench, I'll be the best I can be and help the team to the best of my ability.”

“Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.”

“I don't want to stay on the bench all the time.”

“You get people criticising people who are happy to sit on the bench, picking up money.”

“I had quite a tumultuous start to my career. I used to have two really good games but then my form would dip. I don't think people really understood me and I ended up dropping to the bench.”

“I understand that at the end of the day it's about winning and if you win, we all look good - whether you come of the bench or you start.”

“I've done everything I could as a bench coach. I'm ready to manage.”

“I didn't leave school early to sit on the bench.”

“It's never nice to sit on the bench. Everybody knows it is not what you want as a professional footballer but it's about responding and coming back.”

“Everyone says I should really savour the last year, play as much as possible, really soak everything in. I'd most like to sit on the bench, or, even better, in the stands.”

“I don't prepare to sit on the bench, I prepare to play because you never know what is going to happen.”

“I don't want to just be part of a team, I want to help a team, and I don't want anyone to say I rode the bench to get a ring.”

“Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.”

“It is never a problem to have good players on the bench.”

“I'm not stupid - if you buy one of the world's best goalkeepers, it's not to keep him on the bench.”

“Regardless of whether I'm sitting on the bench or out there participating, I'm going to give my all whatever I'm doing.”

“You probably learn more on the bench.”

“It feels good when your teammates are telling you on the bench that they're hyped.”

“Even if I start on the bench, if I come on, I go. Because I know I should be on the pitch, and I want to show why.”

“It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.”

“I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and then in one tournament, we lost two defenders to injury in the same game, and we didn't have any on the bench. So I played at the back, and the manager of the first team saw me, and he said, 'I want this guy in the first team,' and that was that!”

“I don't know of one player who is happy on the bench, especially when you don't understand the reason.”

“I do not want to be sitting on the bench.”

“I want to make sure that I am always ready: that if I step off the bench, I will make a contribution, then be given my chance.”

“The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.”

“I grew up in my father's laboratory and played beneath the chemical benches until I was tall enough to play on them.”