| Tressel attended a Fellowship of Christian Athlete banquet, and the speaker was Bobby Richardson, the former second baseman for the New York Yankees. Richardson posed a question that Tressel had a hard time answering, "If the game of life ended tonight, would you be a winner?"
Tressel said the he didn't have an answer. "Internally, I just didn't know if I could answer that question 'yes.'"
Richardson had told his audience that the way to be a winner in the game of life was to ask Jesus to come into your life and take control.
"I walked out the back door of the banquet hall and down the third baseline of a softball field and it kind of all came together. That was the time I need to ask Jesus to take charge...and I did."
In fact, Tressel credits some of the success of the Ohio State's championship season to prayer.
"One that that's not much talked about, but had great effect was the number of people praying for us. I could feel it. The prayers were extraordinary. There wasn't talk about that in the papers or TV shows or talk shows or sport magazines. No one asked what the percentages of the population praying for us was. Some people wouldn't recognize how significant it was."
"My vision is to constantly seek to know what God's will is for my life and follow that, and not write my own script. I am here to serve others, and not simply myself. I want to make sure that I clearly follow what His will is for me, and serve His people."
"Perspective is the key to anything. While we all have certain goals we'd like to accomplish and directions we think God would like us to go, and we work hard to get there. Life doesn't always head in the exact direction we thought it would."
"I thought I was going to teach high school and coach in high school football all my life. That's not what God had in mind for me. I've enjoyed every single place I've been, and I could have stayed every place I've been for my entire life."
"Stay in the moment. Become the best you can be in the moment, and what lies out ahead only God knows. Enjoy and stay in the moment you are in and if you do that, you will not be disappointed with what you do."
|
