Benjamin Watson Quotes
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Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens.
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Preacher's kids usually go one way or the other - way wild, or they follow in their dad's footsteps.
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Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly for the Lord and not for man, because our true identity is in Him.
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I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.
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I sometimes think they should have said 'Black Lives Matter Too,' because that is really what is being said. The outcry is that historically and presently, the feeling is that black lives don't matter as much as white lives because we don't see the same type of things happening to them.
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A football player at any level must set goals.
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I know God has a plan for me. I don't know what it is.
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Conflict, when mismanaged, destroys.
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We need to look at truth. We need to look at justice, and we need to look at righteousness. And let that be our guide going forward.
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Jesus meets the physical needs of kids but also tells them how to save their soul.
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My grandfather was born in 1920. His grandfather was born in 1860, at the beginning of the Civil War, into an America where slavery had yet to be abolished. And so, as I have sometimes thought about it, I dodged slavery by just five generations.
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I think God does a lot of things in different ways.
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Guys are playing fantasy football; some guys I think even play fantasy baseball. I don't get involved with it. I have five kids; I just don't have time. Not that anything's wrong with the fantasy, but I just don't have time for it with my lifestyle.
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I can tell my grandkids that I played with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and Flacco will definitely be added to that list.
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I didn't know if I was going to be drafted, period. I remember sitting there and just praying that whatever God has for me to happen, and I didn't get any calls from anybody else the whole round. And then I got a call from New England five hours after the draft started.
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Usually, 'All Lives Matter' comes as a response to 'Black Lives Matter'; it doesn't exist in a vacuum. So when people say 'Black Lives Matter,' a lot of times the response 'All Lives Matter' can seem very condescending, dismissive to 'Black Lives Matter.'
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White people think one thing and black people think another thing about the same event. And we automatically, before we really know what happened, kind of pick our sides.
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I felt unworthy, and it's amazing how God kind of showed me that that's how we act as humans, and that's sometimes how we act in our Christian life.
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When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.
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My goals in football helped make me disciplined and focused in all areas of my life.
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For policemen to be honest about the fact that they may be fearful when they come into a certain situation, not understanding what's going to happen. The only way things will change and things will get better is if people are able to be honest without feeling like they're going to be offended, or they're going to offend someone else.
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In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.
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What doesn't allow us to move forward because when we simply - and I've seen it on social media; it really, really upsets me - is to get in our corners and call names and turn our back to each other.
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Before competition, as I stand in shoulder pads and cleats, my helmet in my left hand, adrenaline flowing and my heart raging under my right, I never forget the ills of America, but for a moment I envision its potential, remember its prosperity, and give thanks to God for the land He has placed me in and the people I love who live in it.