Saints QB Jameis Winston Thanks God After Recovering From Last Season’s Injury
By Movieguide® Contributor
New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston finally returned to the field after last season’s injury left him on the bench for the team’s most recent games.
In his first game back, the QB completed all four of his pass attempts, aiding in the Saints’ victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, 27-10.
“I just kept telling the Lord, ‘Thank You! Thank You for allowing me this opportunity to be back on the field in front of these fans in the same place where I was carried off,’” Winston said in the postgame press conference. “My gratitude for being out there is way more important than completing passes. I had a season where I didn’t finish, so I’m thankful. That means a lot more to me than completions.”
Winston said that he has been blessed with his athletic skills and that every opportunity to play professional football is a gift from God.
“I’ve been through ups and downs, but one thing about me is I always knew that my identity wasn’t in football, that it wasn’t in baseball (which he also played in college at Florida State),” he explained. “I knew that my identity always has been in Christ.”
Movieguide® previously reported on Winston’s commitment to his faith:
The New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston helped jump start the excitement this NFL season by contributing a whopping five touchdown passes on Sunday, Sept. 12. The Saints thus gained a victory over the Green Bay Packers with a final score of 38-3.
Stepping into the shoes of the Saints’ Drew Brees, who announced his retirement in March of this year, Winston is grateful to those people who have impacted his life for the better.
Winston attributes his rigorous game-playing mindset to his former teammate Brees, whose quarterback role Winston recently found himself filling for the Saints.
But it’s not just his teammates in the field that have such a beneficial influence on Winston’s life. As the successful NFL quarterback openly admits, God has been a personal mainstay of strength and guidance.
Neither his career nor his deep passion for engaging in sports could shape Winston into the man he is. His existence, he says, is grounded only in the person of Christ.
“One thing about me,” Winston said in a 2019 interview with Sports Spectrum, “is I always knew that my identity wasn’t in football, that it wasn’t in baseball. I knew that my identity always has been in Christ.”
At the time, the now-quarterback for the Saints went on, sharing that his faith instilled in him a sense of humility:
“All the glitz and glamour, all that, it didn’t really matter because…I’m doing it for God. I’m doing it for God’s pleasure. I’m not doing it for man’s pleasure or for my own fame.”
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