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I can tell my grandkids that I played with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and Flacco will definitely be added to that list.

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

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Amazingly, I think that a lot of times athletes are - are kind of in a position where other think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.

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When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Preacher's kids usually go one way or the other - way wild, or they follow in their dad's footsteps.

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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.

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I respect the police officers, but something you learn as a young black man in this country is that... life is a little bit different for you even though, on the surface, it seems to be the same.

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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.

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I'm a Georgia guy; we can run.

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I figure if you're going to go to class, you might as well make an A.

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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.

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Conflict, when mismanaged, destroys.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The NFL goes to great lengths to protect what it calls 'the integrity of the game.' The same should be said for us as individuals. Integrity, the truthful interaction of word and deed, not only creates leaders in the locker room who are worthy of being followed; it is also vital for success at home.

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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.

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Sin is the reason we abuse our authority.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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The amazing thing about a football team is we can disagree and fight like brothers, but then we come back together. We are able to be open and honest about things that may offend us.

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It sounds kind of cliche when teams say, 'Us against the world,' but that's the mentality you have to have. There are so many opinions out there that come from media, that come from your family or come from people on TV.

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We need to get our hearts straight. And after we get the hearts straight, we can treat each other straight.

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We are God's children. We are Christians first, and then what we do flows from that.

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I can tell my grandkids that I played with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and Flacco will definitely be added to that list.

Benjamin Watson

So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.

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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.

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In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.

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The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.

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I think God does a lot of things in different ways.

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

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