Stu Grimson
Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Detroit Redwings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, LA Kings, Nashville Predators

Left Wing

6' 6" 216 pounds


I realize that the wins and losses are important. The wins are certainly where my focus has to be. But life does not cease to happen after a tough loss. Hockey is important to me.
It's an important part of my life, but it comes well down the ladder on the food chain in terms of a lot of things in my life. But I know that God has called me to a place of excellence. He wants me to be the best that I can possibly be. And that means being an integral part of this team and doing whatever I can to assist my club in winning.

I came to a place in my life when I was about 22 years of age, where I realized that the needless demands and pressures I was putting on myself were senseless. When I knew that there was a God that had created the universe, that had created me and He created a plan within which to live my life that had been laid out long before I ever had a chance to live it. And these demands and these anxieties I was putting myself through were senseless. It was at that time of my life that I decided that I would put Christ back in the center of my life. And it was when I started living out His plan, His intended plan for my life.

I think God really has found a place in my life and He reigns supreme in my life. That's not to say the other things in my life aren't important. But I know that when my life is right with God, when my relationship is right with God, my role as a father, my role as a husband, my role as a hockey player. All those things fall into place when I know He and I are on the same wave length. So that's really been the difference in my life. And it's been an important change. It's easily the most important decision.

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