Ben Roethlisberger Last Quotations

I was disappointed with how I played last year. That's definitely motivation for me this time. I don't want to let my teammates down.

A lot of people said that if we have to throw the ball, we can't win the game. Myself, the line, we took offense of that. The last couple weeks, we've proven that's not the case. We have to keep going and make sure we remain a balanced offense like we have been doing.

A lot of people said that if we had to throw the ball, we couldn't win the game. In the last three weeks, we've proved that's not the case.

We've been playing the last couple weeks like it's a one-game season for us and we have to continue to do that. This week is no different. We expect them to come in and play very hard and we have to have our 'A' game.

It definitely motivates you to play better and not let your guys down, especially guys like Jerome Bettis, who are in this game to win it. You don't want to let him down like I felt I did last year.

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.

We want to go there because they got us last time. That's just the nature of the beast.

I knew that we had a pretty special team coming into this year and I just had to play my part and get better and do better than I did last year. The development has been a big thing. I've come a long way. We've come a long way as a team and I think that is a credit to the coaching staff and the players. We believe in what we do.

He looked like he was about ready to fall asleep. That's how I was last year.

I'm gonna make sure I get his last jersey.

I promised Jerome last year that I would get him here. I'm just glad that I could fulfill the promises I made to him.

I promised Jerome last year that I would get him here. I didn't promise him that I would win it, but I promised I would get him here.

I'm more comfortable now. Last year, it was kind of 'Oh my gosh, I'm so nervous and scared, here we go. Don't make a mistake.' I'm not going to go out and play not to make a mistake this year. I'm going to go out to win football games.

I feel a lot more comfortable this time around and a lot more rested. I'm not quite as overwhelmed as I was the first time I was in the situation last year.

I feel a lot more comfortable out there than I did last year. But I still have a lot to learn.

After last year I told Bus I'm going to get him back to Detroit.

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.

Nobody gave us a chance last week and that's fine with us.

The last time we played them at home, we threw a lot more. I think if we don't turn the ball over, then we probably win that game. So if it comes down to that, I think we can (win).

We know that if we lose another game it's our last game of the year. We don't want that to end any time soon. We know that we're the underdogs and we probably like that role a little more.

You go out and you try to do a little too much instead of playing within yourself and playing within the system. The thing this year is to try not to make mistakes you made last year. (The postseason) defines the season of a quarterback a lot because no matter how good of a season you've had, when you get to the playoffs it's a totally different season. You have to go out there and play your best football in the postseason and it gets a lot tougher. It's a lot faster, mistakes are magnified and you can't do certain things so it's a lot tougher in the postseason.

We definitely want to go to Cincinnati. They got us last time.

Everyone always said coming into the end of the season that if we had to throw the ball, if someone stops the run, then we won't be able to win. But in the last couple games, we have won by throwing the ball. We can prove that we are a balanced offense.