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Bruce Bennett Quotes

1906–2007

Bruce Bennett (19 May 1906 – 24 February 2007), born Harold Herman Brix, was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter.

Actors
Sportspeople

Random Bruce Bennett quote

4 quotes

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

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)

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.

an interview with Marc Blau (2004)

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.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bruce Bennett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.