Kurt Warner joins John O’Leary on the Live Inspired Podcast to share a behind-the-scenes look to football, family + faith.
The career of Kurt Warner, Super Bowl and 2-time NFL MVPs, reads like a rags-to-riches fairytale. Yet his story off-the-field I’ve admired even more. Kurt’s dignity and class are undeniable and his example of living faith boldly has changed my own faith walk.
Today, Kurt shares a behind-the-scenes look on the unlikely path to his countless accolades. His heartfelt words about his family and faith will absolutely take center stage. If you could use a dose of character, hope and humanity, this episode is for you.
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SHOW NOTES:
- Practice shapes us.
- In the NFL, you get 16 opportunities to be under the lights. So that means that 99% if your life is practice. 99% of the impression you leave on people comes from practice… to show people what they are going to get if they show up, you have to show them in practice.
- Apply this in parenting, work, life – it’s all about practice. It’s what shapes you and allows you to lead when you need to get on a soapbox or under the lights as a parent of an athlete.
- Sometimes you have to go through a preparation period to get you ready for what God is calling you to do.
- Keep yourself open: Although Kurt never expected to fall in love with Brenda, her faith, substance + character intrigued him.
- Kurt shares the most impactful moment between him + Brenda’s son Zack, breaking barriers in their relationship.
- We’re never going to let our circumstances define us.
- As Kurt was dealing with being cut from the NFL for the first time, Brenda was reeling from the unexpected death of her parents. It was Brenda’s faith + how she handled her disappointments that shifted his perspective on life.
- Seeing Brenda go through her life struggles + reading the stories of overcoming in the Bible helped give him hope that current circumstances don’t define future potential.
- “As I was sitting on the bench for four years in college I asked God, ‘Why me?’. Now, I ask God, ‘Why me? Why do I get to be the one that has a story like nobody else?'”
- “Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do while you’re waiting to do what you were born to do.”
- Kurt’s bio-pic American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story will be released in December 2021.
KURT WARNER’S LIVE INSPIRED 7
- What is the best book you’ve ever read? The Bible and I Am Second by Gale Sayers.
- What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today? The idea of innocence.
- Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be? If I have my wife + children, I have everything I need.
- You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be? Jesus or one of his disciples.
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Never let your circumstances define you.
- What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? This moment is not the end game. Try to become better in it and know there is something on the other side.
- It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read? My greatest legacy is the way I loved my wife, kids, teammates and those around me.
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