People don’t realize that I’m mobile, athletic and strong-armed.
BEN ROETHLISBERGERLeadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, ‘I’m your leader!’ If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you.
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I’m going to try to be better than I ever was.
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I think that this year, I just come out and play smart football. I got some good advice the other day (from CBS Sports Dan Dierdorf): Every drive that ends in a kick is a good drive.
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The biggest thing isn’t necessarily how I play, but that we win. That’s my number-one goal. I could be the worst quarterback out there, but if we come out with a victory that’s all that matters to me.
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As your body deteriorates, your natural talents start to go a little bit. You have to bring in physical working out, building, taking protein and doing extra stuff.
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Big Ben just kept building up. It ended up coming off the field. It kept taking over. Superman kept taking over Clark Kent and you just never saw who Ben Roethlisberger was any more.
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Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football.
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If I do get nervous for a game, they usually go away after the first play. For the Super Bowl, it never went away.
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I try to live my life like my father lives his. He always takes care of everyone else first. He won’t even start eating until he’s sure everyone else in the family has started eating. Another thing: My dad never judges me by whether I win or lose.
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In the playoffs, it is do or die. You win or you go home. As a competitor, you love it.
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In my heart, I know I haven’t been the best person, the best quarterback for the Steelers, I’m not talking just on the field, I’m talking off the field.
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When there are doubters, it always fuels the fire a little bit. When people say you can’t do something, if you are a competitor, that drives you.
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Usually when we lose a game is because we turn the ball over or not play well enough and usually it is the turnover thing. We have to take care of the ball. It is starts with me and not turning it over.
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I think I can get five, six, seven more years out of this arm and these legs.
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Hines Ward, Plaxico Burress, Jerome Bettis-they are great leaders. I listen to everything they say.
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Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, ‘I’m your leader!’ If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you.
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