Quotes by Benjamin Watson

“It was great. Thats what we go to practice for all those days. Just to go out there in front of all those fans, in front of your family and play football.”

“Weve got a lot of places to spread the ball around.”

“They threw the ball to him all the time in college.”

“Hes got 350-pound men trying to hit him in the back of the head. Ive never played quarterback, so I cant tell him how to play quarterback.”

“He threw a great ball. They were playing man-to-man, and theres not much the defender can do when he throws a perfect ball.”

“Thats a question a lot of people wonder, we wonder, and its a question we dont have the answer to as tight ends. Our job is to run the routes, block whoever were supposed to block, and its on the quarterbacks and coaches to decide who they want to throw the ball to -- it depends on who is open at that time and who will give us the best chance to win games.”

“We still have a lot to work on and lot of things we can improve on. Its definitely good to get a win, but we still have a ways to go to get ready for the first [regular-season] game.”

“It was obviously good we won the game, and I was able to play a part in it. It definitely helped me as far as knowing that I could do some things right and be involved in the offense.”

“Every player needs some confirmation that what theyre doing is working. The thing fans dont see on Sunday is everything weve done in practice. I might make a catch in a game that Ive made 1,000 times in practice. Everybodys number gets called in different games.”

“The goal is always to play the perfect game. Ive just had bits and pieces so far.”

I respect the police officers, but something you learn as a young black man in this country is that... life is a little bit different for you even though, on the surface, it seems to be the same.

The police officers job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.

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. Its like, when black girls are pregnant, its like a statistic, but when white girls get pregnant, they get a TV show.

In the same way that I cannot be perfect and need grace for my mistakes, I also need to give my kids grace. I am constantly learning to be patient with them, understanding that they wont do everything right all the time, while still holding them to a high standard, as their heavenly father does.

I think, as athletes, weve been given a platform, and we can use it in a lot of different ways. We can use it for negative. We can use it for positive. We can be indifferent. But if youve been given a platform, I think God is pleased when you share... His truth in love.

All Im saying is, is God the god who we look to for comfort during tragedies? Is he the god who can control all those things, or is he the god that we dont even trust with our daily lives... As long as theres prayer and exams, as long as theres games, there will be prayers.

Writing a book is not a small undertaking, but God placed it on my heart to trust Him with such a project.