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08:03 AM ET 02.01 | Though it won't be easy, Ben Roethlisberger will try to keep reporters from looking back this week. Roethlisberger did look ahead to something he said he hopes to achieve beyond Sunday's game. "I want to be a role model. I want people to look up to me. I like when kids wear my jersey," the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers told dozens of media representatives crowded around his interview platform at the team hotel. He elaborated on that later, saying he meant more than being a role model as an NFL player. "Absolutely, there's a lot more to it than just that," he said. "You want to be a good person. You want to be some day, hopefully, a good father, husband, whatever that entails, grandfather and all those things. I think there's a lot of people you can be role models to."

Ben Roethlisberger, Getty Images

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February 1, 2011 08:06 AM ET

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So many punch lines... I'm leaving this one alone.

Otis B. Driftwood

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February 1, 2011 08:06 AM ET

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C'mon. Really, Ben?

Wawa-we-wa

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February 1, 2011 08:08 AM ET

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Big Ben wants to be a roll-in-the-hay model.

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February 1, 2011 08:09 AM ET

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I just laughed so hard I may have pissed myself a little.

Glenlivet18

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February 1, 2011 08:11 AM ET

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"I think there's a lot of people you can be role models to."

Charlie Sheen, for one.

Debbie Does

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February 1, 2011 08:12 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:06 AM ET 02.01 by Otis B. Driftwood

So many punch lines... I'm leaving this one alone.

Indeed! Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Stranger

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February 1, 2011 08:12 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:08 AM ET 02.01 by Debbie Does

Big Ben wants to be a roll-in-the-hay model.

Zachly. He wants to roll a model (or coed).

Wawa-we-wa

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February 1, 2011 08:15 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:09 AM ET 02.01 by Glenlivet18

I just laughed so hard I may have pissed myself a little.

I'm gonna go get some more coffee so maybe I can do that, too. And when I get back, there'd better be some more threads.

Debbie Does

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February 1, 2011 08:16 AM ET

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Way too **** late for that...Ya think!

COUNT DOOKU

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February 1, 2011 08:16 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:15 AM ET 02.01 by Debbie Does

I'm gonna go get some more coffee so maybe I can do that, too. And when I get back, there'd better be some more threads.

Boy... are YOU gonna be disappointed.