Interesting Aaron Rodgers Quote About His Faith

From Peter King’s MMQB:

I think what Aaron Rodgers said on his weekly ESPN radio show in Milwaukee and Madison the other day, about wearing religion on one’s sleeve as Tebow does, shows why he’s such a compelling figure. He’s just smart, and he doesn’t have to say, “Hey, I’m smart,” for you to understand. Not when he says things like this:

“Well I started playing before Tim, so these are things I’ve thought about for a long time, and I think one thing that I try to look at when I was a younger player, and I mean, in high school, junior college and Division I, I was always interested in seeing how guys talked in their interviews, talked about their faith, or didn’t talk about their faith. And then the reactions at times, I know Bob Costas at one point was critical about a player thanking Jesus Christ after a win, questioning what would happen if that player had lost, or do you really think God cares about winning and losing.

“I feel like my stance and my desire has always been to follow a quote from St. Francis of Assisi, who said, ‘Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.’ So basically, I’m not an over-the-top, or an in-your-face kind of guy with my faith. I would rather people have questions about why I act the way I act, whether they view it as positive or not, and ask questions, and then given an opportunity at some point, then you can talk about your faith a little bit. I firmly believe, just personally, what works for me, and what I enjoy doing is letting my actions speak about the kind of character that I want to have, and following that quote from St. Francis.”

 

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Bag of Randomness

  • I heard an interesting conversation on the radio yesterday.  George Washington (April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797) and Julius Caesar (July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), who lived about two-thousand-years apart, had the same mode of transportation.  In the last two-hundred-years, we’ve gone from locomotives, to automobiles, planes, jets, helicopters, Segways, and devices to take us to space.
  • Seminaries are being invaded by baby-boomers
  • Reagan the dog rescues roadside kittens – There’s a political joke there somewhere, but I wasn’t creative enough to come up with one.
  • I may have to eat my words about RGIII.  StiffArmTrophey.com has a knack for predicting the Heisman winners, and he’s ranked on top.
  • I’m glad to hear the Boise State football coach come out and basically say the whole BCS system sucks.
  • Even though Dallas doesn’t have a baseball team, the MLB Winter Meetings like to take place at the Hilton Anatole.
  • I use to work for Fidelity Investments and they use to throw their holiday party at that hotel.  I attended my first year and one of my friends was, well, propositioned.
  • Fidelity Investments has a large DFW presence, so much so, spouses were never allowed to the holiday party because it would cost too much since it was already free to employees.  I always thought the open bar and the party atmosphere with nothing but coworkers was just one big HR issue waiting to happen.  They use to also rent out Six Flags and you could bring your family, and I always thought that was a better deal than a party.
  • When I contracted at Southwest Airlines I think each department was responsible for their own holiday party and there was a fee to attend.
  • Interesting Cowboys stat . . . In his two seasons, Dez Bryant has only one 100-yard game.  It came against the Giants last year on just three receptions.
  • I have a feeling the Giants are going to start playing some very good football.
  • Deion Sanders starts a charter school
  • I meant to scan a letter I received from my alma mater last month but I keep forgetting to.  It’s a letter from the mens basketball coach addressing me as a former player and asking me to donate money.  Funny thing, and I didn’t even drink in college, but I didn’t play college sports other than intramurals.
  • I was part of two intramural championship teams, football and bowling.
  • Bowling with with my roommate and the namesake of my child.
  • Our football team’s name was “Ditka’s Kids” and we carried a picture of Ditka to each game so he could watch over us.
  • Last night’s HIMYM was a little sad last night.
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