Deion Sanders: "I Really Know I'm His Guy"

Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris

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🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Deion Sanders, also known as Primetime, had it all: fame, money, power. But that didn't stop him from trying to kill himself. In this episode, the former NFL and MLB player takes us back to the moment he nearly lost his life -- and found his reason to live. --- If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 (U.S.) or 877-330-6366 (Canada) and The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386. --- Paula Faris is an Emmy Award-winning anchor and senior national correspondent at ABC News. Previously, she was the co-anchor of "Good Morning America" on the weekends and ABC's "The View." Support this podcast with a review --------> http://bit.ly/2DChGho "Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris" is produced by ABC Radio. More information: http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. It's Paula Ferris and welcome back to season two of journeys of faith. We're so glad that you're tuning in and we're going to kick things off this season with prime time. Dion Sanders of course he's the only athlete to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a
0:16.1	world series now here's a guy who had it all at least by the world standards
0:20.0	he had money fame women but then he tried to take his own life.
0:24.7	We'll tell you about the moment that changed everything for primetime.
0:28.6	Also, why he's decided to get married to his longtime love whom he's been dating for eight years and do you
0:34.8	know how he got the moniker prime time we're gonna dig in but I do want to tell you that
0:39.1	this particular episode was taped in his pastor's office in Dallas.
0:43.1	Because of where the office is located,
0:45.0	you're going to hear some noise from the street
0:46.6	and some voices in the background.
0:48.4	But nonetheless, here is episode one, season two
0:52.0	with Dion Sanders.
0:56.0	So here with Dion Sanders prime time and your pastor,
1:00.4	Omar Jawa, did I get that right?
1:02.6	You got exactly right.
1:03.4	Bishop?
1:04.4	Whom also serves as my best friend.
1:06.5	Yes.
1:07.5	Therefore, yeah.
1:08.5	Absolutely right.
1:09.5	So you know everything about prime time.
1:11.3	Well, I know a lot. Yeah. He knows everything that prime time. Well, I know a lot.
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