This podcast is a reading of No Matter What as read by the author. Each episode is essentially a chapter of the book, with author commentary sprinkled throughout.
“The Lord will fight for you while you keep still.” Exodus 14:14
“The busy person is a lazy person.” - Eugene Peterson
“Appetite is an incentive to work; hunger makes you work all the harder.” Proverbs 16:26
“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go.” - Jim Rohn
“Nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” - Mark Twain
“Do everything without complaining or arguing.” Philippians 2:14
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” - Robert Anthony
“And lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” - Derek Jeter
“Watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get.” Ephesians 5:16
“If tomorrow wasn’t promised, what would you give for today?” - Ray Lewis
“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” Proverbs 13:4
“Action expresses priorities.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches; but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know …
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5
“Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk to get anywhere meaningful.” Simon S…
“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” Proverbs 14:23
“The privilege to work is a gift. The power to work is a blessing. The love of work is success.” - David McKay
“Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise.” Proverbs 15:31
“Asking someone to hold you accountable is a sneaky way of not taking responsibility for your life. Instead, be re…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12
“I was not the fastest player but I was determined to be the best player I could be on the field.” - Jer…
“Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.” Proverbs 14:26
“Pain is the rent we pay for being human, it seems; but suffering is usually optional.” - Ric…
“An anxious heart weighs a man down.” Proverbs 12:25
“Sport, like life, is about continuous improvement. Trust the process.” - David Allway
“For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them.” Proverbs 1:32
“You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.” - Sparky Anderson
“When pride come, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” Proverbs 11:2
“The default mode of the sinful human race is entitlement, the belief that this gift or experience that God places…
“Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.” Proverbs 3:9
“The mistake we so often make is thinking that God’s interest and care for us waxes and wanes according to our s…
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22
“If you raise the level of positivity, then your brain performs significantly better.” - Shawn Acher
“The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.” Proverbs 14:8
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” - George Patton
“The simple believe in anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.” Proverbs 14:15
“Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attem…