A biography for Benjamin Watsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I would say that one of the hardest things for an athlete, and really anybody of any profession, is that we create our identity in what we do.”
“When you pass from death into the life, you become a new person, and so everything you do flows from that.”
“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.”
“Sin is the reason we are racist, prejudiced, and lie to cover for our own.”
“When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there's stability at the quarterback position.”
“I have to learn the plays before I can worry about getting passes thrown to me.”
“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.”
“Goals give you a mark to shoot for and keep you motivated when you face adversity.”
“What I do is play football. What I do doesn't change who I am and who God sees me as.”
“So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.”
“Jesus meets the physical needs of kids but also tells them how to save their soul.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I can identify many different experiences that I've had over the course of my life and things that I've witnessed where it seemed that black men, specifically me or someone else may have got the, you know, different treatment than somebody else would in that same situation.”
“Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly for the Lord and not for man, because our true identity is in Him.”
“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.”
“People are hurting and looking for answers. The Gospel gives us hope.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I think that part of the issue here is when people hear 'Black Lives Matter,' sometimes they think that someone is saying your life doesn't matter, and that's not what 'Black Lives Matter,' at least to me, is saying.”