Cedric Benson Quotes (17 Quotes)

Benson, a senior, made his final statement on Thursday 168 yards, one touchdown and a victory lap around the field at Royal-Memorial Stadium. That was spontaneous, ... I thought I'd take one last go-round, get a good look at everything. It was my last game.

I don't think this team realized how good we are, ... I think we are one of the top three teams in the country, I really do.

I knew my time was going to come, I just had to be ready when it came. It does say something for the coaches and what they think of me.

As a competitor, you want to be out there, making something happen, especially when the team is losing. But my time will come.

It's another hurdle, another adventure life has presented me, and I'm going to take it in stride.

However many they want to give me.

Maybe I'm motivating him. My motivation is entirely coming from being a rookie and being hungry to be out there and be the guy and stuff. I think my game and my presence are motivating him quite a bit, and he's stepped his game up a lot because he looked good today.

They just keep saying I need to know the playbook, but if I'm never out there it would be hard to know how much I do know, ... My time is going to come. They're going to throw me out there in the fire and I've got to perform.

It was fun. I had a good time in there and learned a lot about myself and where I'm at.

I'll see what kind of feedback I get, but after the first two plays of contact, I forgot about it. It isn't 100 percent completely healed, but it's not bad enough to slow me down. I should be a lot further along in a couple of weeks, come playoff time.

I can only control what I do and my preparation for the game. I can't control who they want, so I have really made a point of not getting emotionally involved in the situation.

I think Vince helped us out a lot. The defense has to be very leery of his attacking ability. When he was in the game, it seemed like the defense played a little loose.

I've been following what those guys are doing. My time will come.

I don't really know what to expect. I'm going to be ready as if I was starting. I'm going to prepare myself for that, and whatever the coaches see best for me, make it happen.

Um, I don't know. I just hope I can help us go get our first win of the season. I don't think it matters who we're playing.

I think it kind of stunk. But it went like that to make this year that much better.

We haven't won the games we wanted to win. I thought maybe if I put baseball aside and focus on football, I can get us a step closer to where we want to be.