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When you are public figure, you're an athlete or actor, that is your job to speak out on certain things. I think you speak out on what you desire to speak out on or your passionate about.

Benjamin Watson

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Benjamin Watson
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: December 18
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I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.
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You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.
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A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.
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It's a sin problem, not a skin problem.
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The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.
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I'M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues to get young men killed in real life, away from safety movie sets and music studios.
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I'M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.
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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.
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I'M HOPELESS, because I've lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I'm not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.
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I'M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I'm a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a threat to those who don't know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.
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When we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we're having as a society is because we don't have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.
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I'M HOPEFUL, because I know that while we still have race issues in America, we enjoy a much different normal than those of our parents and grandparents. I see it in my personal relationships with teammates, friends and mentors. And it's a beautiful thing.
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Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.
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