Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is known for doing anything possible to keep the play alive and make something happen, even if he has defenders climbing all over him. For Roethlisberger, that’s part of leadership, something he learned early on during his rookie season. Roethlisberger said after getting yelled at to speak up by Jeff Hartings in the huddle, he became a player who led by example more than with his words.
“For me, it was about leading with my actions and less about my words. Because I remember getting in the huddle one of the first times I called a play, and Jeff Hartings who was a veteran center, really good leader on that team, he’s like ‘speak up.