A biography for Benjamin Watsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I figure if you're going to go to class, you might as well make an A.”
“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.”
“The only way to really cure what's on the inside is understanding that Jesus Christ died for our sins.”
“Athletes are in a position where others think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.”
“I think God does a lot of things in different ways.”
“When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.”
“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.”
“Conflict, when mismanaged, destroys.”
“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.”
“I think, as athletes, we've 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 you've been given a platform, I think God is pleased when you share... His truth in love.”
“I'm a Georgia guy; we can run.”
“I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.”
“I don't approve of many of the attacks of Black Lives Matter. I don't.”
“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.”
“The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the gospel.”
“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 won't do everything right all the time, while still holding them to a high standard, as their heavenly father does.”
“Sin is the reason we rebel against authority.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Preacher's kids usually go one way or the other - way wild, or they follow in their dad's footsteps.”