Zico

Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.

Brazilian Coach

Fabian Delph

It is definitely what my aim is to get everyone to do their part and take on that responsibility of being a leader - whether you are playing or on the bench or if you have not made the team.

English Athlete

J. J. Redick

I don't care about starting or coming off the bench or anything like that. To me, whatever role I'm in I'm going to try to help us win.

American Athlete

Frank Lampard

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

Jan Vertonghen

It was my task to train hard and respect my team-mates all the time I wasn't playing or was on the bench, so I hope I did that.

Belgian Football Player

Frank Gore

I don't want to just be part of a team, I want to help a team, and I don't want anyone to say I rode the bench to get a ring.

Goran Dragic

The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push even harder.

Slovenian Athlete

Antonio Conte

David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.

Italian Coach

J. D. Martinez

Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.

Essam El Hadary

When I'm sitting on the bench, I try to help the players who are out on the pitch.

Egyptian Athlete

Describing a bench usually includes its material, length, and where it's placed.

Physical description

'Bench' doesn't only refer to seats in parks but can be found in various public spaces.

Not just parks

The 'bench' in court symbolizes the judge's authority and position of judgment.

Symbol of authority

When addressing the judge, refer to them as 'Your Honour' and not just 'bench'.

Respectful address

Being 'on the bench' often means the player isn't currently active in the game.

Not active play

Players on the bench are usually ready to join the game if needed.

Ready to play

Benches come in many forms, like workbenches in a garage or a lab.

Workbench variety

A 'lab bench' is essential in scientific settings for experiments.

Research setting

In the UK, 'the bench' refers to where politicians sit and signifies power divisions.

Political significance

The concept of political 'benches' is specific to the UK and its parliamentary system.

British context

To 'bench' a player means they are being punished or are underperforming.

Sports penalty

Benched players must be ready to re-enter when the coach decides to change strategies.

Ready for change

 If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench. And the third one was, never criticize a teammate. I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that. That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it. Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no. It's a little different than it was in my day.

The difference between...

 a day could help prevent breast cancer so you can find this paper and what you find is it is a real piece of science it's a description of the changes in the behavior of one enzyme when you drip a chemical extracted from some red grape skin onto some cancer cells in a dish on a bench in a laboratory somewhere and that's a really useful thing to describe

Battling bad science -...

 "A glass of red wine a day could help prevent breast cancer." So you find this paper, and find that it is a real piece of science. It's a description of the changes in the behavior of one enzyme when you drip a chemical extracted from some red grape skin onto some cancer cells in a dish on a bench in a laboratory somewhere.

Ben Goldacre: Battling...

 the divorce rate and the annual advice on surviving the holidays tell us how often those relationships let us down and even if they don't you need a bench that's what I didn't have a nonk on backup are you living your life as if positive relationships matter most do

The science of...

 would come at the end of your test and I'm afraid to tell you that you actually failed the test there's one particular question which was did you tape the missing games console from the bench in the lab and it shows a significant change in your

Beating a Lie Detector...

 And in this, towns begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape, so that people are encouraged to slow down and smell the roses and connect with one another. So they might curb traffic, or put in a park bench, or some green space.

Carl Honore: In praise...

 gives the plaza a theatrical quality. It becomes a stage where the generations can meet. You have teenagers sprawling on the pavers, seniors monopolizing the benches, and real life starts to look like an opera set.

Why glass towers are bad...

 Science is love. Everyone we've met in this field just wants to get their work from the bench and into people's lives. And it's our job to help them to do that. Because when we do, we and everyone with us

A love letter to realism...

 with a little bench for getting changed into your gym clothes. We can't change the world overnight for our children, but we can give them a safe and private place to escape that world,

Why we need gender-neutra...

 assembling in these bench colonies after having spent a largely solitary life at sea provides the birds with the social