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
heart talking fields
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.
basketball senior football
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.
football want great-family
I have a great family. I can call them and they don't want to talk just football They want to find out how my day went outside of football.
winning guy cost
I'm a win-at-all-costs guy.
natural-talent work-out body
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.
thinking years legs
I think I can get five, six, seven more years out of this arm and these legs.
ball completed exactly field goal inside pass passes range
We did exactly what we wanted to on that drive, ... We used the pass to get inside of the 50 and then completed two more passes to get into field goal range and ran the ball well enough to make (Baltimore) use their timeouts.
last nature
We want to go there because they got us last time. That's just the nature of the beast.
close decide hoping slow turned
When you're a quarterback and you're remembering a tackle... I think I turned him enough times that he got close to me and couldn't decide which way to go. I was just hoping I could slow him down.
When we game-plan, I think we'll be lot more dangerous.
blueprint good
There is a pretty good blueprint they had,'' Orton said.
great job line
The O (offensive) line did a great job and it made my job a whole lot easier.
along ball coming healed hopefully normally painful quite spin throws
There are still some throws it's still painful with and I don't quite have the zip I normally do or the spin on the ball but it's coming along and hopefully we'll get it healed up soon.
role underdogs
We know we're going to be the underdogs and we probably like that role a little more.