Identity, Loss, and Biblical Manhood with David Pollack | The Pursuit with James Griffin

What happens when a man builds his whole identity on something God never designed to hold it? In this special episode of The Pursuit, recorded at Act Like Men Conference, James Griffin sits down with College Football Hall of Famer David Pollack to talk about identity, loss, and what's left when everything you built your life on gets stripped away. In his second NFL season, one hit ended it all. Thirteen years into a career at ESPN, it was gone overnight. Then came his wife's brain cancer diagnosis. David is honest about the god football became, the three ways men try to define their identity, and the only one that actually holds.
This conversation is a wake-up call for any man who has hung his identity on his career, his abilities, or what other people say about him. If you've ever wondered who you are when the thing you're good at goes away, this one is for you.

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Welcome to Act Like Men with David Pollack
0:45 Driven and psychotic: who David was at Georgia
2:12 Drafted 17th overall to the Bengals
2:43 The hit that broke his neck
5:06 Why the worst injury was the best day of his life
8:22 What God revealed in the stillness
8:53 Three ways to define your identity, only one is right
11:27 Losing ESPN after 13 years
15:02 Lindsey's brain cancer diagnosis
19:23 Mark 15:21 and the cross you're forced to carry
22:09 Cancer free and a new perspective
24:08 God told me to man up: lessons as a husband and dad
26:33 What are you out of ten? Asking better questions
29:01 The one thing men need to understand about Jesus
30:52 Shoot your shot and watch God work
32:22 Closing