BENJAMIN WATSON

By deciding to live our lives based on solid values and unwavering truth, we can leave a legacy for the young men and boys who want nothing more than to follow in our footsteps.

Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens.

I have to learn the plays before I can worry about getting passes thrown to me.

Fortunately for me, I had a father who didn't let us get away with anything. You were taught respect, and you were taught to be humble. That has a lot to do with how I am now, because I'm still scared of my dad.

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.

You grow up a certain way, and you make decisions within your family, but then you go to college, and the decisions become harder. You are away from home, from the influence of your parents, dealing with peer pressure. There's a lot of stuff that goes on in college.

It feels great, definitely feels great to have your number called and be a part of the offense.

People are hurting and looking for answers. The Gospel gives us hope.

Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.

A football player at any level must set goals.

My grandmother and my father always said I would end up as a missionary. Well, I feel like I am one now.

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.

I would say that we all - in whatever world we're in, whatever your occupation is, we all have a path to walk. We all have struggles.

When you go to work, you are a Christian at your workplace. You're not a broadcaster who happens to be Christian. You're a Christian.

What I do is play football. What I do doesn't change who I am and who God sees me as.

My goals in football helped make me disciplined and focused in all areas of my life.

I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.

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

There are certain things you don't say that's disrespectful. They detract from the point you're trying to make.

There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.

I'm a Georgia guy; we can run.

If you're going to play football, why not be the best at it that you can be and fulfill your potential?

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.

There comes a place where you need to respect. When people are speaking, you don't comment.

Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.