Mark and Lee Anne Pope: "All In" On and Off the Basketball Court
All In
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🗓️ 26 June 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
There have been two constants in the lives of Mark and Lee Anne Pope—change and the gospel of Jesus Christ. But they are all about leaving it all on the court and not holding anything back, regardless of what might change. In their family, in their communities, on their teams and in the Church, Mark and Lee Anne Pope choose to be "All In."
"Being 'All In' also requires faith...it is quintessentially a leap of faith, to say, you know what? I can't guarantee this is going to work out. But I'm not going to keep a backup plan."
Show Notes:
3:32- The daughter and wife of basketball coaches
6:25- Life in the NBA
10:20- Working for David Letterman
16:16- A love story
26:21- A foundation of gospel living
31:22- The vulnerability of being "All In"
37:30- Peter, the apostle
39:22- What does it mean to be "All In"
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| 0:00.0 | Speaking at BYU Women's Conference, less than a month after her husband was introduced |
| 0:05.8 | as the new BYU men's basketball coach, Leanne Pope said, |
| 0:11.0 | being all in can be so hard and it can hurt sometimes. |
| 0:15.8 | It hurts when you give your whole heart to something and it doesn't go the way you thought. |
| 0:20.4 | It hurts when you give your whole heart to something or someone and it ends. |
| 0:25.0 | A mission, a career, a marriage, the life of a loved one. |
| 0:29.5 | Being all in makes us vulnerable. |
| 0:32.4 | It's a lot easier to hold back a little and not give everything and protect yourself from the pain. |
| 0:38.2 | But when you look back on your life, the greatest moments will be the moments when you went all in. |
| 0:46.4 | In that moment, I knew we had to have or at least try to have Leanne Pope on this podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | She was gracious enough to agree and as an added bonus, |
| 0:57.4 | we were able to get her husband to join us. |
| 1:00.2 | Mark Pope played professional basketball for nine years after being drafted into the NBA by the Indiana Pacers in 1996, |
| 1:09.0 | following a national championship winning season with the University of Kentucky. |
| 1:14.0 | He completed two years of medical school at Columbia before returning to his passion on the basketball court. |
| 1:21.2 | He was an assistant coach at Wake Forest University and comes to BYU from Utah Valley University, |
| 1:27.8 | where he was head coach for four seasons. |
| 1:30.4 | Leanne Pope was raised the daughter of a coach. |
| 1:34.0 | She graduated from Brigham Young University and worked for ESPN before spending four years as David Letterman's personal assistant. |
| 1:43.0 | Side by side, she and Mark have moved around as his professional basketball career and coaching career have progressed. |
| 1:50.8 | And they are the parents of four daughters. |
| 1:54.4 | This is All-in, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, |
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