– Professional Christian athletes who’ve made an impact on my life, as a Christian athlete –
Michael Redd, Pro BasketballI believe basketball is the greatest sport in the world! But basketball is not who I am. I value my faith and my family more than basketball. After everything is said and done…after I retire, I want people to say, “He loved God and he represented Christ well.” Read More
Drew Brees, Pro Football
A year later, after an injury, Drew relied on Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Read More
Trey Burke, Pro Basketball
"I want to go to New York. And I wanted to do that for the Lord. … I wanted to come to New York because I feel like this is a city where I can help a lot of people.” Read More
Jonathan Orr, Pro Football“My relationship with God is number one, it’s the foundation of my life,” Orr said. Read More
Steph Curry, Pro Basketball
"I love that basketball gives me the opportunities to do good things for people and to point them towards the Man who died for our sins on the cross," he wrote in a 2015 Fellowship for Christian Athletes article. "I know I have a place in heaven waiting for me because of Him, and that's something no earthly prize or trophy could ever top." Read More
Clayton Kershaw, Pro Baseball
“It is good to know the Lord gives us a lifetime to work out our identities and sort out who we are in Christ. His calling for our lives will undoubtedly compete with daily struggles of temptation to take an easier path. The battle to maintain a Christ-centered identity is the most worthy fight we will face.” Read More
Inky Johnson, NCAA
“In life, some people don’t need you to preach a sermon, they need you to live one.” Read More
Andre Ingram, Pro Basketball“My prayer time is a lot higher than how many shots I get up and what have you. That’s No. 1 for me in all that I do is my faith. I’m praying before games, I’m even praying during games to myself, and just kind of making sure I’m in line with God, because that’s what carries me through everything.” Read More
Tim Tebow, Pro Football/Baseball"When you believe that you serve a big God, and when you believe yourself that He has a plan and a purpose for you, you can walk with confidence and go after what He puts on your heart, and you can do it with boldness and courage, and you can go after it not having to listen to the naysaysers," Tebow said. Read More
A.C. Green, Pro Basketball“I am curious [about sex],” Green told Sports Illustrated in 1997. “But not curious enough to go to the violation point. I figure God created it, so it must be good. But he has created it to take place at a certain point of time—within the confines of marriage. If I’m going to live according to rules God laid out, then there are rules A through Z. There can’t be situational ethics.” Read More
Case Keenum, Pro Football
"That's why I became a Christian — being around Christian athletes through FCA," he continued. "I'm not playing for the name on the back of my jersey, I'm playing to glorify God. He's given me talents, and I'm trying to maximize those talents however I can." Read More
Deion Sanders, Pro Football and Baseball
“No one had told me that life would be tough going from one team to another one,” Sanders said. “Going from the enemy’s team, being one of his soldiers, to God’s team. That’s a tremendous turnaround.” Read More
Drew Brees, Pro Football
A year later, after an injury, Drew relied on Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Read More
Steph Curry, Pro Basketball
"I love that basketball gives me the opportunities to do good things for people and to point them towards the Man who died for our sins on the cross," he wrote in a 2015 Fellowship for Christian Athletes article. "I know I have a place in heaven waiting for me because of Him, and that's something no earthly prize or trophy could ever top." Read More
Inky Johnson, NCAA
“In life, some people don’t need you to preach a sermon, they need you to live one.” Read More
"That's why I became a Christian — being around Christian athletes through FCA," he continued. "I'm not playing for the name on the back of my jersey, I'm playing to glorify God. He's given me talents, and I'm trying to maximize those talents however I can." Read More
“No one had told me that life would be tough going from one team to another one,” Sanders said. “Going from the enemy’s team, being one of his soldiers, to God’s team. That’s a tremendous turnaround.” Read More