Perseverance and Faith: Life Lessons | David Pollack | Episode 329

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Former NFL linebacker, three-time All-American, and College Football Hall of Famer David Pollack joins Blake to share his inspiring journey of perseverance and faith. After a career-ending neck injury and later being let go from ESPN, Pollack reflects on how these setbacks allowed him to pivot toward impactful new roles, such as coaching youth sports and writing his new book, The Won’t Quit Kid. He emphasizes the importance of valuing relationships, particularly in marriage, sharing heartfelt lessons about putting one's spouse first and maintaining a united front. Pollack discusses his reliance on faith through life’s challenges and how embracing hard moments strengthened his character and purpose. He also speaks candidly about his commitment to intentional communication and support within his family, demonstrating the power of love and teamwork in navigating life’s trials. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Discover strategies for fostering intentional communication in marriage, including expressing gratitude for everyday actions. Gain insights on balancing ambition and faith by aligning your career choices with your family's well-being and God's guidance. Understand the importance of setting boundaries between work, technology, and family life to maintain meaningful relationships. David is the author of The Won’t Quit Kid — available everywhere on November 21! To connect with David… Website: davidpollack.com Instagram: @davidpollack47 X: @davidpollack47 Learn more about Nutrafol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a misfit media network
0:11.4	production. I am your host and resident Crappy Christian Blake, and every week I get to have
0:16.9	the coolest conversations with incredible people about all the things most Christians
0:21.8	are still not sure we're allowed to talk about. So if you've been looking for a place to land
0:26.3	with all your crap and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through
0:31.2	this Christian life while you've come to the right place, pull up a seat, pop in your headphones
0:35.9	and tune out your kids, and come hang out with me
0:38.6	and a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.
0:49.4	All right, you guys, welcome to another episode of the show. I was just telling our guest that I'm
0:54.1	really excited
0:54.7	because, like, big fan, big game day girl for a long time. And we have someone that,
1:01.4	I'm going to be honest, was an integral part of it and we miss him a whole lot. David Pollack,
1:05.8	welcome to the show. Thank you for having me, Blake. I know two things about you. I know you're a sports fan, which is great.
1:11.9	I know you're a bad judge of character because you like me.
1:13.9	But thank you very much.
1:14.8	And I'm an LSU fan.
1:17.5	So I don't know if that's, if that makes it even worse.
1:19.9	Rough times, rough times, but that's okay.
1:20.9	We'll get through it.
1:22.3	Yeah, no, we are struggling. Funny story, we went and tailgated this weekend and got to go, like, see the game day guys
1:32.2	and all of that stuff and then didn't go to the game.
1:34.3	And I was so thankful for that decision because not only did we get our butts kicked
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