stillers4me
07-27-2015, 05:45 AM
When the Ravens' Haloti Ngata broke Ben Roethlisberger's nose with a chop to the face, Roethlisberger refused to come out of the game and didn't miss a play despite a severely displaced septum and blood dripping down his face.
When Roethlisberger got his bell rung in last year's playoff game against the Ravens, he missed three plays before returning to the field in a game that's outcome already had been decided.
There is a legitimate reason why Roethlisberger refuses to leave work early under virtually any circumstance. He prides himself on being a tough guy.
Or as he called it: a Pittsburgh guy.
“I want to give it all to those fans because that's what they do,” Roethlisberger told Trib Total Media on Sunday before the Steelers' first practice of training camp at St. Vincent. “If these guys are in the mines or working in the steel mills or wherever, if they break a finger, they aren't going home. I feel like I want to be the same.”
Roethlisberger paused, then said, “I always wanted to be a Pittsburgh guy — that guy.” ............
Read more @ http://triblive.com/mobile/8799957-96/roethlisberger-pittsburgh-steelers
When Roethlisberger got his bell rung in last year's playoff game against the Ravens, he missed three plays before returning to the field in a game that's outcome already had been decided.
There is a legitimate reason why Roethlisberger refuses to leave work early under virtually any circumstance. He prides himself on being a tough guy.
Or as he called it: a Pittsburgh guy.
“I want to give it all to those fans because that's what they do,” Roethlisberger told Trib Total Media on Sunday before the Steelers' first practice of training camp at St. Vincent. “If these guys are in the mines or working in the steel mills or wherever, if they break a finger, they aren't going home. I feel like I want to be the same.”
Roethlisberger paused, then said, “I always wanted to be a Pittsburgh guy — that guy.” ............
Read more @ http://triblive.com/mobile/8799957-96/roethlisberger-pittsburgh-steelers