Sabby Piscitelli
Episode 185
15 AUG 2022
He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, and Kansas City Chiefs after having been a second-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. He had played his college football at Oregon State, playing in 50 games for the Beavers in his four years there. Back in his high school days he not only was the Boca Raton News Defensive Player of the Year and team MVP, but he also lettered four years in baseball as an outfielder. Following his NFL career, he went on to pro wrestling, first with WWE and then with AEW.
Notable guest quotes:
“I went to St. Joan of Arc, all the way from kindergarten through eighth grade… I grew up in a Catholic household, went to church every Sunday… and I think it really molded me into the man I am today, carried my faith through high school, college, and into the professional ranks, and it’s something I’m very proud of.”
“I felt in love with football, but I thought, ‘I’ll be okay, I’m getting recruited for the pros for baseball out of high school.’ And I had the Orioles and the Red Sox coming to basically every one of my practices… So… I was blessed to play both… God really made it easy for me… God just kind of really showed me the answer. I prayed on it, and He gave me the opportunity to play big time college football at Oregon State.”
“I didn’t really have to sit and make a decision. I think God opened the door that He wanted me to go through.”
“I don’t ever go to bed without getting on my two knees, and I pray every single night. I never get under my covers until I thank the Lord for the beautiful day and where He put me. And I usually say a prayer in the morning as well.”
“Every time I played a game, I would tape my wrists white, and I would draw a black cross on my tape. And that carried me all the way through the pros. There wasn’t a game that I did not have the black cross on my wrist.”
“I am a believer that God does everything for a reason if you look at the why.”
“That was a mental, mental struggle. I can be the first one to say, if I didn’t have a good faith, I don’t know where I would’ve ended up.”
“The saying that I’ve always lived by that really, really hit me a lot when I left the NFL was, He who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted’.” (Matthew 23:12)
“The Lord and Savior will talk to you if you’re listening, and He’ll show you signs if you’re looking for ‘em.”
“God is the straight backbone of me that keeps me, I think, center grounded, for sure.”
“I’m very proud to be a Catholic and it’s something that I believe in and I believe more importantly that it’s a relationship with the Lord.”
“If you just stay focused on your faith, get in the Bible, and know what you could do, that’s all that really matters.”
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