Alex Highsmith - Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker on faith, marriage and giving back to his community
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith joins Matt for an engaging conversation on faith, football and giving back to his community. This was a great conversation.
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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, here's your host. |
| 0:31.6 | Former NFL Provo 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. |
| 0:39.6 | Uh, uh, huh. |
| 0:41.3 | Uh, love. What? |
| 0:42.4 | Father in heaven, thank you for this platform. |
| 0:44.8 | Thank you for sports spectrum. |
| 0:45.9 | And we thank you for Alex, giving us his time to glorify you, Lord, on this, this podcast. |
| 0:51.0 | We pray for the technology and for the will and the humility to do it and to let |
| 0:55.6 | your light shine as you've called us to be salt and light and lord may we uh as john 3 30 says |
| 1:01.2 | may we decrease lord so that you may increase in jesus name we pray amen amen all right all right |
| 1:09.6 | three two one thank y'all for tuning in. |
| 1:11.6 | This is Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:12.6 | It's your boy, Man Forte. |
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