Benjamin Watson Quotes

And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.

Diving has been in the game for years. Probably the coverage the game gets now, with all the cameras around, it gets highlighted a bit more. But it hasn't got any worse.

Many sports, not just football, have kind of the macho meathead mentality where innovation is almost frowned upon.

We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting.

I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.

'Course the world of sports takes itself way too serious. Sports writers are all high and mighty.

I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.

Many stories come from the dressing room that one doesn't speak when you are playing but can do once retired.

I think they're taking a little bit of the fun out of this pro game.

At the end of the day, guys don't want to foul, especially guys in the starting unit.

Changing public perceptions is important. Nobody bats an eyelid in a team sport when a player gets injured and is still getting paid. In tennis, there is nothing like that.

Players from Holland and Scandinavia aren't divers, but those from Spain and Italy go down far too easily for my liking.

I'm not a troublemaker. People say, 'You got into a lot of incidents.' Yeah, but it was on the basketball floor.

I do not like to discuss a game with the other players right after the final whistle.

There's not that many tough guys that really talk trash in the NBA.

I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

Soccer is a man's game, not an outing for mamby-pambies.

Hey, dont hate the player, hate the team.

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

It's hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than high school. It's competitive, and that's what I most love about it.

When he (Roger Clemens) threw the bat (during Game 2 of the 2000 World Series), I basically walked out and kept asking him what his problem was. He really had no response. I was trying to figure out whether it was intentional or not. I was going to ask him. If it was, then obviously he really no had response. I was more shocked and confused than anything.

If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.