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Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Oklahoma Daily: Johnny Bench starts new career as a motivational speaker

Can Bench succeed? You Bettger!...uhh, I mean…You Betcher! *

After a stellar baseball career, Bench has found a new job. He is now a motivational speaker and has come up with “Vowels of Success.”

“I had been speaking,” he said about how the idea originated. “I wasn’t sure what to really talk about. I started to look at my notes and see what my focus was.”

The Vowels of Success are: A - attitude you have each day. E - effort for excellence. I - being the best individual and accepting responsibilities. O - taking advantage of opportunities that come around. U - using the knowledge and information provided to you.

“People are now using their own versions for the vowels. It’s fun, simple and keeps people paying attention to what I’m saying.”

* (Frank Bettger was Frank Betcher in a past life)

Repoz Posted: October 20, 2005 at 03:05 AM | 9 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. DanO Posted: October 20, 2005 at 04:48 AM (#1693939)

A--Asinine. E--Egregious. I--Idiotic. O--Oh, dear. U--Unfortunate. Sometimes Y--Yuck!

2. Bangkok9 eschews 1 from Column A Posted: October 20, 2005 at 05:35 AM (#1693964)

No drips, no runs, no errors.

Rigid Economy, Mon.

3. penguinmobile Posted: October 20, 2005 at 06:04 AM (#1693986)

I'm Johnny Bench. And this is Johnny Bench's bench seat in his van down by the river.

4. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: October 20, 2005 at 06:08 AM (#1693988)

I - being the best individual and accepting responsibilities.

That is inane.

5. Oil Can of Corn Posted: October 20, 2005 at 06:21 AM (#1693994)

And don't forget:

Sometimes Y - you idiots will sometimes pay me good money for this worthless crap.

6. Obi One Kenobi Nil

Posted: October 20, 2005 at 08:10 AM (#1694031)

When I first read the article I could have sworn it said "Bowels of Excellence".

Possibly I need new glasses.

7. bunyon Posted: October 20, 2005 at 11:30 AM (#1694122)

Actually, it was pretty good as far as professional motivational speakers go.

What a silly profession.

By the way, every year from 7-14, I played in a Fourth of July tournament at Johnny Bench field in Binger, OK. As far as I know he never attended the tournament named after him, which would've been nice.

8. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: October 20, 2005 at 03:15 PM (#1694354)

My take: Motivational gobbledygook doesn't read as well as it does in person.

9. T.J. Posted: October 20, 2005 at 04:27 PM (#1694563)

What about "W"?

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