Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Trusting

1 Winning Ways Tony Dungy 11

2 Heaven Is Already Mine Rich Garza 13

3 It Was His Doin' Wayne Atcheson 15

4 Pine-Tuning: What God Taught Mc on the Bench Bobby Brown 19

5 Benefiting from God's Moving Experiences Gary Barta 23

6 Trust and Obey Heath Evans 26

7 What Got the Turtles to the Ark Albert Long 29

8 No Pain, No Gain Billy Hicks 31

9 Being on the Receiving End Raymond Berry 35

10 Football Business and God's Business Mike Holmgren 36

11 Catching On Jack Graham 37

12 Handling Life's Curveballs Talmage Boston 40

13 At What Point Do You Hit Rock Bottom? George Diaz 43

14 Staying the Course J. B. Collingsworth 47

15 Flying in a New Direction Damion Easley 49

16 Get Off the Couch Don Yaeger 51

Rejoicing

1 Climbing Quarterback Mountain Luke McCown 55

2 One Fan I'll Never Forget Dick Armstrong 59

3 Put on a Happy Face Drew Sharp 64

4 Drilling Home a Point Jimmy King 68

5 All Thumbs (Again!) Pat Verbeek 74

6 Live to Be Happy after the Games Rollie Massimino 76

7 Here's to You Mr. Robinson Richard Lapchick 78

8 An Unbeatable Pair: God's Blessing and Old-Fashioned Hard Work Rich DeVos 80

9 Don't Worry, Be Joyful Wally Armstrong 82

10 Hammered by the Fans, Armored by God Jay Jacobs 85

11 Bearing the Odds in Sin City Vance Pitman 88

12 Mickey's Last-Inning Win Pat Williams 91

13 Ahead of the Competition: Running with Jesus Jim Ryun 93

Inspiring

1 Seeing the Light Joe Andrade 99

2 The Stat That Matters Most Par Murdock 101

3 John Wooden's World War II Miracle Elmer Reynolds 104

4 Jesus Walks Out of the Stadium Danny Wuerffel 107

5 The Comeback Kid Dave Dravecky 109

6 Coy's Joy Randy Tomlin 111

7 What's in a Name? Kyle Rote Jr. 113

8 Remember God Is in Control Kay Yow 116

9 The Perfect 10 Joe Savage 119

10 "You Need What I Have," Pat Williams 123

11 From Bags to Riches Kurt Warner 125

12 It Does Matter Tom Smith 127

13 Exemplary Coaching Don Yaeger 129

14 The Man Who Invented Basketball Hellen Carpenter 132

15 "Me, I Give," Bruce Bickel 136

16 A Bus Ride to Sports History Bo Mitchell 138

17 The Coach of the Worst Team in Florida Jim Denney 140

Understanding

1 Tale of the Tapes Dana Brown 143

2 Give 'Em Heaven Larry Guest 144

3 A Left-Handed Compliment, Jeff Mullins 148

4 Knowing How the Game Ends Pat Williams 150

5 God Knows the Score Sharm Scheuerman 152

6 Crazy Jack Pitches Perseverance Wanda Rowland (As told by Michele Smith 154

7 I Know Who Holds My Future Miles McPherson 157

8 Learning Like a Child Wally Armstrong 160

9 Building on a Solid Foundation Todd Jones 162

10 A Busted Game Plan and God's Plan Brandon Streeter 165

11 God Is with Us in the "Ifs" of Life Rex Stump 169

12 Winning on Empty Nancy Lieberman 171

13 Ah, the Gift of Pain David Uth 173

14 How to Practice Not Quitting Karyn Williams 175

Meditating

1 These Two Will Bowl You Over Tony Evans 179

2 Huddle Up Todd Shaw 181

3 Managing the Clock Joe Gibbs 182

4 Double-Duty Dungy Jay Strack 185

5 Does He Feel Our Pain? John Wooden 186

6 The Ring's the Thing? Jay Carty 188

7 The Plan, Madeline Manning Minis 190

8 The Coach's Playbook Bobby Bowden 193

9 A Strong Weakness Ed Hearn 195

10 Taking Scripture for a Ride Darrell Waltrip 198

11 Pistol Straightens His Aim Jay Carty 199

12 Strawberry's Planted on Solid Ground Darryl Strawberry 201

13 Getting to Know God's Playbook Allan Houston 203

Praising

1 A Father's Blessing Bill Glass 207

2 Learning from the Squirrels Paul Byrd 209

3 God Serves the Net Results Betsy McCormack 211

4 Wearing His Faith on His Face Ken Hussar 214

5 A Visionary/Missionary Caz McCaslin 216

6 The Music City Miracle Les Steckel 220

7 From Hero to Zero Bernie Carbo 224

8 Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk Tim Tebow 226

9 I Just Told Them about My Jesus Lance Brown 228

10 "Tape an Aspirin on It," Tammy Bookbinder 230

11 Trophy-Worthy Character Scott Elliott Christine Plonsky 233

12 Tomorrow Is Promised to No One Don Yaeger 235

13 "Where Seldom Is Heard an Encouraging Word," Del Harris 237

14 Punts with a Purpose Mike Horan 241

Honoring

1 Perfect Pitching with a Purpose Brad Lidge 243

2 Need a Lift? Swen Nater 245

3 Knowing the Score David Robinson 247

4 Coming Clean Andy Petritte 249

5 A True Leader Dale Brown 251

6 In Christ Alone Joseph R. Ciffa 252

7 The Man Who Brought Church to Baseball Par Williams 255

8 Faith and Tomato Juice Nicole Musselman Boykin 258

9 Love Your Neighbor "Daly," Wayne Lmbry 260

10 Payne Relief Randall James 262

11 Schooled in Heavy Lifting Paula Anderson Schaefer 264

12 A "Holy" Donut Jimmy Williams 267

13 The Minister of Defense Jim Denney 269

14 Branch and Bragan Bobby Bragan 273

15 The A-MAYS-ing Auctioneer Pat Williams 275

16 Peacock Today, Feather Duster Tomorrow Richard Lapchick 277

17 Finding His Way Home George Diaz 279

18 "Are You Better Than Michael Jordan?" Kevin Standford 282

Acknowledgments 284

About the Authors 285

Contact Information 288