This is the Sports Spectrum podcast.

Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20.

Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run.

Where Sports and Faith Connect.

Forte, diving catch, touchdown!

Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown.

And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte.

What's up, y'all?

Welcome to Sports Spectrum.

I'm Matt Forte here, and I got my man Caleb Farley on the line. Hey, welcome to the podcast, my brother.

Appreciate you. Thank you for having me. Yeah, absolutely. Man, let's jump right in. So I know your story,

but a lot of the listeners don't, man. How did you come to place your faith in Christ and have him

be the center of your life being a professional athlete.

I'm still transitioning into walking and living with crisis, the center of my life.

And really what kind of got me to that point was just, you know, extreme difficulties

and trials and tribulations.

And I had a,

I got to give credit to my mother when I was growing up. She taught me a lot about scripture and,

you know, put a lot of the word and the love of Jesus Christ in my heart at a young age. But as you

know, when you grow up through adolescence, you know, you can be born into a believing household, but at some point, you have to decide for yourself. You know what I mean? And I feel like me coming up, I had a big heart, big dreams and aspirations. And I desired a lot of things. And I developed a lot of bad habits through my adolescent years and just, you know, on my journey, following my dream, chasing my dream.

And kind of like when adversity started to strike me, you know, just blow after blow after blow, a lot of me was crushed.

And a lot of, I'd say, I like the, a lot of me was, was crushed. And a lot of, I'd say, I like the, a lot of bad things in me were kind of crushed and being called into question, you know, so that's kind of how

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