A Life Intercepted Quotes

“football is not what you accomplish in solitary feats of greatness, but who you get to play it with. The heart of football is found in the huddle—not the highlight”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“Football is not played with strong arms and fast feet, it's played with heart. Grow your heart and your arms and feet will follow... You play long enough and you might find yourself in a place where your arms and feet fail you... That's when you find out what's in your heart.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“...hatred and anger does not kill hatred and anger.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“Their love did what her hatred could not. And never will.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“Hatred is a commodity I couldn't afford in prison. Too expensive then. Too expensive now... I couldn't live every day with that stuff bubbling up inside me.... Gage taught me that. He found me in a bad place. Picked me up. Showed me I had a choice. I couldn't change my circumstances, but I had a lot to say about who I was in the midst of them. And who I became. Gage helped me, showed me, how to lay it down.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“forgiveness offered—especially when so undeserved—cuts chains off the human heart that no other power in any universe anywhere can rattle much less break.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted

“Don’t get axle-wrapped ’bout what you can’t control. You’ll get your chance. Your job is to make the most of it when you do.”
― Charles Martin, A Life Intercepted