Comedian Dustin Nickerson his love for Seattle sports, standup comedy and minor league baseball
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dustin Nickerson is a comedian and calls himself the "the world’s most average person.” He has performs over 300 shows a year and his videos have been viewed over 20 million times.
He has appeared on Comedy Central, Hulu, Fox, and Netflix alongside Kevin Hart. His stand-up comedy special, Overwhelmed, which was produced by KevOnStage, was one of the highest-rated comedy specials on Amazon Prime and has been viewed over 125,000 times on YouTube. He and his wife Melissa host the popular Don’t Make Me Come Back There podcast and in June 2022, Dustin released his new book How to be Married (to Melissa).
On today's podcast, we talk to Dustin about his career as a comedian, his love for Seattle sports, performing in minor league stadiums and why he performs clean as a standup comedian.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, here at Sports Spectrum, we know that athletes and coaches face unique spiritual challenges every single day. |
| 0:08.0 | Coaches often need to offer guidance to athletes who face difficulties of all kinds. |
| 0:13.9 | And likewise, athletes need to help their own teammates who ask questions about their spirituality and faith and love those who even mock them for following Christ. |
| 0:23.6 | There are countless situations that require trustworthy resources to ensure that coaches |
| 0:29.6 | and athletes are equipped for these type of challenges. |
| 0:33.9 | Jane Albright, former head women's basketball coach at Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, |
| 0:39.5 | described her relationship with her players like this. |
| 0:42.9 | Quote, in addition to being a great coach, I was also focused on a specific pursuit. |
| 0:49.2 | I wanted the characteristics from 1st Timothy 611 to describe me when my players looked back on their time with me. |
| 0:57.4 | I pursued my players with the same intensity as when I taught a new offense. |
| 1:02.1 | I wanted to impact their hearts. |
| 1:04.2 | I believe Christ is much more concerned with our character and virtue than he is with our successes. |
| 1:11.4 | Don't get me wrong. |
| 1:12.2 | When I coached, we fervently pursued wins and championships, |
| 1:15.8 | but there was always something more important pursuing righteousness. |
| 1:20.9 | Close quote. |
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| 1:36.4 | disciple their team. This new Bible exists to engage, equip, and empower coaches, athletes, and mentors, and it has nearly 300 |
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