Chris Norton, The Seven Longest Yards
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 331
Chris Norton went from talented 18-year-old college football with a promising future to flat on his back with a broken neck and a 3% chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck, much less walking again.
Determined to prove the doctors wrong and to find love, Chris pushed himself through grueling, daily workouts until four years later, when he walked across the stage to receive his college diploma.
Chris would marry his wife Emily and at his wedding, would tackle the seven longest yards of his life, walking down the wedding aisle and into a new life.
They tell their story in the new book "The Seven Longest Yards," released July 9, 2019. Tim Tebow wrote the foreword.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Chris about his incredible story, how his faith sustained him after his football accident, God's better plan, walking the seven longest yards at his wedding, and why adoption is something he and his wife Emily have dedicated their lives to.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with |
| 0:22.9 | Chris Norton is brought to you by Compassion International. It's $38 a month. The most trusted |
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| 1:11.7 | And most important of all, your sponsored child will hear about Jesus Christ and be encouraged |
| 1:17.3 | to develop a lifelong relationship with God. |
| 1:22.9 | Check out the website, Compassion.com slash sports spectrum and consider sponsoring a child today. |
| 1:31.3 | On the podcast today, we welcome Chris Norton. Chris is the author of the book, |
| 1:37.0 | The Seven Longest Yards. He wrote the book with his wife, Emily. And his story is incredible. |
| 1:44.9 | Chris is a quadriplegic. |
| 1:47.6 | And his story, his journey is as inspirational as any that we've had here on the podcast. |
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