Quotes from Benjamin Watson

Sin is the reason we rebel against authority.

Sin is the reason we are racist, prejudiced, and lie to cover for our own.

One of the biggest things we have to be able to do is to handle conflict and handle it correctly. We're able to look at our biases, look at our frustration, look at our sin in this area, our pride and our selfishness. It allows us to move forward.

Sin is the reason we abuse our authority.

The only way to really cure what's on the inside is understanding that Jesus Christ died for our sins.

You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.

We need to look at truth. We need to look at justice, and we need to look at righteousness. And let that be our guide going forward.

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 think, over the time that you're in the league, you learn what your body needs: you learn the amount of soft tissue work you need, the amount of dry needling, or the amount of sleep or your nutrition. You also understand that you have to pull back.

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

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.

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

Goals give you a mark to shoot for and keep you motivated when you face adversity.

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.

Whether in the locker room, the community, or at home, our goal should not be to simply behave in a specific way. It should instead be to instill the correct values in our hearts, so that our actions will flow out unimpeded, confirming what we truly believe.

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.

It's been a constant struggle with my athletic career to identify myself as a child of God and understand that His love is unconditional for us; it's not conditional like fans, or coaches, or even myself.

We all have the same problem as human beings. And it's something that we are born with, and we just see it manifest in different ways. And in this situation, it's racial. It's brutality. It's people breaking the law. It's the smoke, but the underlying fire is something that we all have to deal with, and that's our sin.

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

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.

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.

I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.

I felt unworthy, and it's amazing how God kind of showed me that that's how we act as humans, and that's sometimes how we act in our Christian life.