Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this offseason after 18 years. He left a lasting legacy that included two Super Bowl trophies—both of which came early in his career. In fact, he remains the youngest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl.
Reflecting for a moment during an appearance on the Sports Spectrum with Jason Romano, he realizes now that it all wasn’t necessarily a good thing for him, personally, and he acknowledged that adapting to that early success as an individual did not come easily.
“Not very well, looking back on it”, he told Romano, when asked how he was able to handle it.