By Dale Grdnic
PITTSBURGH -- One thought ran through Ben Roethlisberger's mind as he laid on the grass at Candlestick Park Monday night, the scene in the movie Cool Hand Luke when Paul Newman is battered and beaten but still gets up.
Like Luke (Newman), Roethlisberger could have stayed down a while longer, but he decided to get up and stay in the game against the San Francisco 49ers.
"I'm always going to try to get up,'' Roethlisberger said Wednesday prior to practice. "I didn't want to come out of the game, and I told Coach that even if I'm at five percent I'm ready to play.
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