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
caring people price properties
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.
guy
I was a guy out there who really didn't know how to play the game.
bunt disbelief matter state
I went from a state of disappointment, in not getting the bunt down, to disbelief in a matter of two pitches.
carry clicked needed struggles tried
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.
extra gave helping spends time
He's done so much for the community, and spends so much time helping everybody. He always gave the extra effort, not just his job.
catalyst definitely fun goes great hard hitting plays watch
He goes out and plays hard every day, ... Lately, he's been hitting gaps, a lot of triples and doubles. He's definitely fun to watch and a great teammate, always upbeat. He's a catalyst for this team. When he's going good, he's always on base.
biggest game matured pick slow spots ways
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.
I need to be aggressive, to let it go.
level lucky nobody
Things escalated to a level that should not have happened. We're just lucky that nobody got hurt.
anywhere ball guys hide likes shows touched
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.
takes whatever
I'm going to do whatever it takes to be a better ballplayer.