More Qs & As with Bradford and Robinson
Sam Bradford and Zac Robinson appeared together Monday night at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Honors Banquet. The Oklahoma quarter and Oklahoma State quarterback did a Q&A with Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett presiding over the session at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Yesterday, I had the first part of their Q&A on my blog. (If you missed it, be sure to check it out.)
Today, the second part.
How did your walk with Christ begin?
Bradford: Actually, we didn’t really start going to church when I was really young. It’s something that kind of came about when I was in the fifth grade. We were playing sports every weekend, and it’s not like I didn’t know who God was, but it’s just something that we really didn’t have the time to do. I think my mom finally brought it up and was like, “Hey, we’re going to start going to church.” We started going to a couple different churches, and finally, we found one where a couple of my friends attended. I give a lot of credit to my friends; they were the ones who got me involved in youth group, got me involved in confirmation, got me to really stick with it. Through high school, I continued to be part of our church and FCA.
Robinson: I grew up going to church since the day I was born. I always had gone church. When I committed my life to Christ, I was in the third grade after actually watching the “Jesus” film. That really hit home for me. The Lord was tugging at my heart that it was time to turn my life over to him. I committed my life to Christ and just have been walking with him ever since.
Talk about FCA. Has it been important in your life?
Robinson: Yeah, it has. In high school, it played a little bit of a role, but then when I got to college, it did a lot. We have every Wednesday after football practice, John Talley does a 20 minute thing with the football team. I feel like as an example, not only as a quarterback but as a Christian on the football team, to kind of tug at guys to go … and listen to his message and after that see what they’re doing on Sunday morning, if they’re interested in going to church. It’s been very influential to me.
Bradford: FCA’s been a really big part of my life, actually. My middle school and high school FCA leaders are actually here tonight. They’ve had a big part in keeping me involved in FCA. It’s funny — me and Kent Bowles, who’s the leader at OU, we were actually talking about things tonight, talking about how if you want things to be successful in your life, they have to be consistent. FCA, especially now, offers me something that’s consistent in my life. I’ve got so many things. With football and school, there’s so much going on. But I know that every Tuesday night at 8 o’clock, there’s a place that I can go for an hour and forget about absolutely everything and I can learn more about our Lord and what he has in store for me. To know that there’s a place every week that’s consistently going to grow my walk with Christ, that’s about the greatest thing you can ask for.
There are a lot of kids out there. What advice do you have for kids who might look up to you?
Bradford: Every night before I went to bed, my dad would make me say 10 things to him. One of those things I’d have to say is, “I can do anything I think I can.” You can do whatever you think you can, but it starts with you. You have to set goals for yourself. You have to realize that nothing comes easy. You have to work hard for everything that you want. Nothing is going to be handed over to you, whether it’s a sports position, a grade. You have to work for it. I just encourage all the kids out there to set goals and don’t be afraid to set extremely high goals. But also realize that you have to work to get to those goals.
Robinson: God has a plan for each and every one of you. At times, we might say, “Lord, what are you doing to me? Why’d you put me in this situation?” That’s when you just have to trust him in all that you do and know that the big picture, he’s got it figured out for you. You just have to trust in him and trust that he’ll put you in the right position. Also if you haven’t found it by now, the Lord will put a passion in your life. Whatever that is. Whether it’s sports-related or school or playing the piano, whatever it is, he’ll put a passion in your life. I challenge you to just go after that passion with all your heart.
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Thanks for this! I found it interesting and admire both of these young men’s wisdom. I think it’s great they’re standing for the beliefs and aren’t ashamed of Christ!