Adam Wainwright - St. Louis Cardinals legend on country music, Jesus, retirement and broadcasting
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
St. Louis Cardinals legendary pitcher Adam Wainwright returns to the pod for a brand new chat with Matt Forte on his country music career, his faith journey and life in retirement.
Chapters:
- (01:49) - Adjusting to retirement from baseball
- (05:54) - His journey of faith in Jesus Christ
- (12:07) - Advice for those doubting in their faith
- (15:55) - Living out his faith in Jesus as an MLB player
- (18:47) - Adam's budding music career
- (22:39) - Choosing the genre of music to glorify Christ
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I don't play for the fame, I play for the king |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah, every step on the field let the heavens ring |
| 0:07.0 | Got Jesus in my heart so I run with a purpose |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, this is sports spectrum |
| 0:13.0 | Faith on the surface, uh, I don't play for the crowd, I play for the king |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, every rap, every drill I give every day from the locker room prayers to the lights that gleam. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | We raise his name, uh, welcome to the team, huh, uh, uh, uh. |
| 0:29.6 | And now, here's your host, former NFL pro role running back in Chicago Bears legend. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | Uh, uh, uh, what? running back in Chicago Bears legend Matt Forte. |
| 0:46.8 | What's up guys? It's Matt Forte here with Sports Spectrum and I got my guy Adam Waino Wainwright here with me, two-time World Series winner and also multiple golden gloves |
| 0:52.3 | and all the stuff. All the stuff stuff I don't even have to run |
| 0:54.6 | down your stats they should know your name you know if they're looking and tuning into the episode |
| 0:58.7 | uh we are here at PAO's MLB conference and we have the luxury to sit down together and just |
| 1:05.0 | kind of chop it up you've been retired two years now right and I really want to get get into later on about transitioning out of a pro sport |
| 1:14.4 | and how life is afterwards and kind of the purpose of, you know, how God has transitioned |
| 1:20.8 | that purpose from baseball to what it is you do now and everything. I mean, this guy is a guy |
| 1:27.3 | of many different talents |
| 1:28.4 | and things like that. |
| 1:28.9 | I heard you sing last year at the conference. |
| 1:31.7 | So we'll talk a little bit about that as well. |
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