Benjamin Watson Quotes
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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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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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People are hurting and looking for answers. The Gospel gives us hope.
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I have to learn the plays before I can worry about getting passes thrown to me.
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Overwhelmingly, I would say I've had really good support from many of my teammates and guys that I've played with. We want to be able to express our views. You know, we're part of this country, too.
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I have been pulled over, and I have actually worried, 'Is something going to happen to me even though I am a law abiding citizen?' That is a real fear and is something that we have to come to grips with.
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In the public, it seems to be painted that when minorities get pregnant, they need to get abortions, especially when it comes to teen pregnancy. It's like, when black girls are pregnant, it's like a statistic, but when white girls get pregnant, they get a TV show.
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The thing that happened in Ferguson touched many of us in a specific way.
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God blessed me with great talent and good genetics. Plus, he blessed me with a good work ethic and a drive to want to be the best.
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We all have faults.
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There shouldn't be any looting or anything like that. But we're seeing a lot of frustration, and nobody knows the answer. All of us are saying we need an answer, and what I'm saying is we need, all of us, a heart change so, as America, we can move forward.
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The captain thing was really an honor, and it was really flattering for me. It was really something that I didn't expect, and I would say that was the highlight of my career so far, being elected captain by my peers.
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There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.
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So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.
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Athletes are in a position where others think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.
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My grandmother and my father always said I would end up as a missionary. Well, I feel like I am one now.
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Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
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When you pass from death into the life, you become a new person, and so everything you do flows from that.
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Sin is the reason we rebel against authority.
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Make sure you know your identity is in Christ, so that when you get laid off from your job, or when you get a raise from your job, or when things don't go right, you're not up and down, up and down.
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One of the biggest things we have to be able to do is to handle conflict and handle it correctly. We're able to look at our biases, look at our frustration, look at our sin in this area, our pride and our selfishness. It allows us to move forward.
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Sin is the reason we abuse our authority.
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The police officer's job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.
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Sin is the reason we are racist, prejudiced, and lie to cover for our own.