Former NFL'er Sam Acho on gratitude, platform, humility and the importance of change
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Sam Acho has played nine seasons in the NFL with the Buccaneers, Bears, Cardinals and Bills. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals after a successful college football career at the University of Texas.
He is now an author and his second book, "Change Starts with You" releases March 7, 2023.
On today’s podcast, we talk to Acho about the importance of change, his growing platform, being grateful and the love he has for broadcasting and speaking.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Jason. I want to tell you about our friends at Compassion International, |
| 0:04.4 | our partners here at Sports Spectrum, faithful partners, amazing partners. And I got to go down |
| 0:10.1 | to the Dominican Republic last December with compassion and see the work that they're doing. |
| 0:15.2 | And I'm telling you, everything I've been saying for the last few years about compassion, |
| 0:20.2 | when I went down there and I saw |
| 0:21.6 | in action, these kids having hope, these kids, having an opportunity, these kids learning about |
| 0:27.8 | Jesus because of sponsors like you and I, man, I can't hold it in anymore. I want to tell the world |
| 0:34.8 | about Compassion International and what they're doing, giving these |
| 0:39.1 | kids an opportunity to hear the gospel, getting them a chance to be released from poverty. |
| 0:44.1 | Are you kidding me? Like, that's what it's all about. And so I can't recommend enough that you |
| 0:50.6 | consider sponsoring a child and getting involved with Compassion International. |
| 0:55.5 | Go to the website, Compassion.com slash Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:59.8 | That's the website. |
| 1:00.9 | You'll see a list of children there. |
| 1:02.7 | Pray about it. |
| 1:03.4 | And I'm telling you those sponsorships, those sponsored opportunities with those children, |
| 1:08.4 | they make a legacy and a lasting impression that |
| 1:12.5 | truly is eternal for these kids. I saw these adults who went through the program in the Dominican |
| 1:18.8 | Republic come back and share their testimony and you're making a difference when you sponsor |
| 1:24.4 | a child. You are changing their lives forever. So please go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum and pray about sponsoring a child in Jesus' name. |
| 1:38.1 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, where we bring Jesus into the sports conversation. |
| 1:49.0 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
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