In 1985, Bernhard Langer was the No.1 golfer in the world, after winning seven tournaments on five continents, including the U.S. Masters. In 1993, he regained the Masters title with an impressive four stroke victory. With a total of forty wins, he ranks second in career wins on the European Tour. He has also shown great durability, finishing in a tie for fifth at The Open Championship the month before his forty-eighth birthday.
But there’s more to the German pro than golf. In this audio recording and transcript, Bernhard tells you his life story and what satisfies him more than winning any golf championship.
Ask any Canadian sports fan about the 1972 hockey series which saw Canada defeat the Soviet Union, and the name Paul Henderson springs immediately to mind. You’ll be inspired as you hear this hero of Canadian sports history tell his own story of hockey and faith!
“Pistol Pete” Maravich was arguably one of the world’s best players to play the game of basketball. Although he had the world at his fingertips, Pete Maravich found himself face to face with depression, hopelessness and on the brink of suicide. Pete tells how he finally found hope, peace and fulfillment though surrendering his life to Jesus Christ.
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Millions know Dave Dravecky as the ball player who came back to play in the majors after undergoing surgery for cancer in his pitching arm. Recurring cancer led to the amputation of his left arm and shoulder. His wife Jan experienced clinical depression; many friends they counted upon withdrew. You’ll listen intently as Dave shares triumphantly how God strengthened him and his family as they walked through some dark valleys of despair.
"Joe takes off in the ball game and he drops back. Now when you're that far away from the goal line nobody plays man to man defense. Everybody drops straight back. Well, one lineman went man to man with Joe Washington who we were going to throw the screen pass to and Joe Thiesman goes back and throws the prettiest screen pass in the world to the Raider linebacker who scored that day. Remember I told you I was a pretty smart guy in Washington? The next day in the Washington post I was called a buffoon. That's got to hurt..."
"I'm fifty-two years old and my dad passed away at seventy-two. How much longer do I have? How am I investing my life? What are some of the things that I might be sorry for when it comes to that time when I realize that I don't have much longer to live myself. It's caused me to really think. It's been a good time but a sad time. It's caused me to really evaluate my life. I got to tell you guys, I've wasted some of the years of my life. I think the question becomes what am I going to do with the rest of the years I have."