Stability is nice, but to bench press a heavier weight, you've got to have a bench.


Irv Rubenstein

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We could see that coming on the bench.
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Sometimes your bench players are your most important players.
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I felt he handled the elements a little better. He did a nice job and gave us a lift off the bench.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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I've really been hitting the weights, doing the bench press and working my legs. And I've been runni...
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I was taken down by a bench.
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We need to have them playing as opposed to setting on the bench.
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Sometimes it's important to have great players coming off the bench, too.
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That's the hardest thing to do is sit on the bench and watch a game.
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I am excited to be back behind the bench.
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