David Cooks, Author - Speaker
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Episode 172
At the age of 15, high school freshman and basketball player avid David Cooks experienced a spinal aneurism, leaving him a T-6 paraplegic. Refusing to let the wheelchair determine the man, he made the decision to persevere from the very beginning - and he never let go of his passion for the game of basketball.
On this episode of the podcast, author and speaker David Cooks shares shares his inspiring story of becoming a paraplegic, trusting God in the difficult times, overcoming and persevering, meeting legendary hall of fame coach Mike Krzyzewski from Duke and why he decided to tell his story in his new book "Getting Undressed: From Paralysis to Purpose."
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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 author and speaker David Cooks is brought to you by Compassion International. |
| 0:27.5 | We've been a part of Compassion now for six months, been working with them, partnering with them here on the podcast, and they do great work. |
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| 1:31.9 | Make a difference in a child's life. Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum and sponsor a child today. |
| 1:38.2 | David Cooks is our guest today on the Sports Spectrum podcast. His new book is titled Getting Undressed from Paralysis to Purpose. |
| 1:48.2 | At the age of 15, David Cooks was in high school, a basketball player, someone who loves |
| 1:54.1 | sports, and then suddenly his life changed forever. |
| 1:57.4 | And he experienced a spinal aneurysm, leaving him a T6 paraplegic. |
| 2:03.2 | Mike Shoshchewski, yes, that Mike Shoshchewski, coach K of Duke University, endorsed David's book |
| 2:09.4 | and says David's journey from the playgrounds to Cameron Indoor Stadium and beyond is captivating |
| 2:14.4 | and provides a framework to find a new perspective and to build a life filled |
| 2:18.8 | with passion and purpose. David spent 25 years in education, including 17 years teaching at |
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