Casey Martin
Episode 206
9 JAN 2023
He has had a long and highly decorated career in professional rodeo, including numerous appearances in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and multiple top five finishes in the world standings. A longtime steer wrestler, he first joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2002 and over his career he has competed seemingly all across the country. He attended McNeese State University in Louisiana and back in his days as an amateur had qualified for College National Finals Rodeo in 2002-03 and had qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo in 1998-99.
Notable guest quotes:
“My mom and dad were true, devout Catholics. They both had made a Cursillo early in life.”
“We grew up back and forth to the Cursillo center, church every Sunday, every… holy day of obligation, first Fridays, prayed rosaries every day – we had a family rosary just about every day anyway, very seldom did we miss (that) I can remember – they sent us all through Catholic school from kindergarten to eighth grade.”
“I never got real far away from the faith, I guess.”
“I made my Cursillo and that was about the time I met my wife… For a long time there I kinda regretted making it at a young age.”
“Years down the road I go back – they have a Cursillo renewal – so I go back to it and I hadn’t forgotten anything!”
“I always went back to the rosary… I’d always… say a rosary… kinda know when I was missing something and know I needed more.”
“You spend a lot of time driving when you rodeo… my favorite part to drive was the nighttime shift, nobody was on the road and I got time to myself, so I always had time to think and to pray and to be by myself, so that was more of my time with God.”
“That was the A.C.T.S. retreat, which is an acronym for Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service… the biggest thing I got out of the retreat was the brotherhood… It was a really life-changing, really important part of my life.”
“That’s my favorite time of the week. Now my holy hour every week is Monday morning from 1 to 2… I feel like Mondays are my best days of the week. Maybe because I get to get up in the middle of the night and go spend an hour with Jesus.”
