Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger
Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger, Sr., nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at Miami University, and was drafted by the Steelers in the first roundof the 2004 NFL Draft...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth2 March 1982
CityLima, OH
CountryUnited States of America
balls four fulfill game glad promised promises
I promised him that I would get him four game balls. I'm glad that I could fulfill the promises that I made to him.
beard bit depression ended game kept lose lost mad next people shave until winning won
I was so mad that we lost the game. I kind of went into a depression and didn't shave and we ended up winning the next game. And I am kind of superstitious - just a little bit to people who know me - but we won that game and I said I am just going to keep it going until we lose and we kept it going. I don't really like the beard you know. But we were winning so I had to keep it going.
danny guys people second super year
Some guys never get to a Super Bowl, and then there are people like Danny Marino who get there in their second year and don't get back.
mastering
It is a growing-up process. I'm a long way from mastering anything.
balanced couple last offense proven stops throw win won
At the end of the season, everyone said if we had to throw and someone stops the run, we won't be able to win because we can't throw the ball. The last couple of games, we've won by throwing. When you put it on our shoulders, we've proven we're a balanced offense and we can throw.
supposed
When Jerome fumbled, we were over there talking, saying, 'Well, there must be a reason, because he doesn't fumble. So, somehow, something's supposed to happen.
underdogs
We're the underdogs going into their place. Now we get to see what we can do.
expected lose second
We had nothing to lose. Everyone expected us to lose the first game. Everyone expected us to lose the second game. Everyone expected us to lose this game. We had each other's back the whole way. Sometimes that's all you want is each other.
brain guys last mature patience rely
You have to be mature doing what I do. These guys want to see a leader, not someone immature. I rely on my brain a little more than last year. It's a patience thing.
best coming imagine playing super
When you think about the Super Bowl, you imagine yourself coming and playing your best football, and it wasn't that way.
ourselves people pick
We still see ourselves as the underdogs. We always have. If people want to pick us, they can.
dreamt receiver senior until
To play receiver and not play quarterback until my senior year, I never thought I'd be in this situation. I always wanted to be here and dreamt about it as a kid, but I never thought it would happen.
fun joke
We always joke around. It's business, but it's still fun at the same time.
coach pound whatever
We're going to go out and pound the ball. Whatever coach has in store.