Bruce Bennett Quotes

Harold Herman Brix ,

later known as Bruce Bennett, was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist in the shot put. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. May 1906 – 24. February 2007
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Famous Bruce Bennett Quotes

“I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say "no", never stop trying, and to always believe that you can do better than the next fellow.”

As quoted in an interview with Marc Blau (2004) http://www.celebratestadium.com/blogz/2006/04/stadium-olympics-hollywood.html
Context: I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say "no", never stop trying, and to always believe that you can do better than the next fellow. I tried to follow this throughout my life, but I always tried to be respectful about it.

“All I knew about shot putting was that my brother could do 44 feet … I decided I wanted to beat him.”

On developing his shot-putting skill, as quoted in "Film Star and Olympian Herman Brix" by Adam Bernstein, in The Washington Post (28 February 2007)
Context: All I knew about shot putting was that my brother could do 44 feet … I decided I wanted to beat him. … So I got a shot and went to work and made up my mind to do 45 feet.

“I wish I would have had more to do in the film. I hated to get killed so soon.”

Referring to his role in the The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), as quoted in Please Don't Call Me Tarzan : The Life Story of Herman Brix/Bruce Bennett (2001) by Mike Chapman; also in "Herman Brix, 100; Olympian became actor known as Bruce Bennett" by Dennis McLellan in The Los Angeles Times (28 February 2007) http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/28/local/me-bennett28

“There was only a single sharpshooter up in the trees to keep the croc away from me.”

On some dangers in his role as Tarzan, in an interview in Christian Science Monitor (1999), quoted in "Film Star and Olympian Herman Brix" by Adam Bernstein, in The Washington Post (28 February 2007) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022702029_pf.html

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