Virtue: Heroic

The strength to be willing to sacrifice yourself, your wants and needs for the good of others

Related Virtues: Sacrifice, Teamwork, Considerate, Magnanimous, Tough

Passion, Martyrs, Video, Novena

Like Tweet Pin +1 in Every month the SportsLeader team prays a novena to draw ourselves and everyone we work with closer to God. The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed... Read more
Virtues: 
Passion, Heroic

North American Martyrs

Virtues: 
Heroic, Leadership, Passion, Tough

SportsLeader Conference Speaker: Sister Sara Kowal

SportsLeader Conference November 15-17, 2016 in Champaign, IL. Click here for more information. Do you have a vision of what you would like your athletics ministry to look like 4 years from now? Do you have an intentional, strategic plan to accomplish goals in order to reach that vision? This... Read more
Virtues: 
Heroic, Personable, Sacrifice

Catching Kayla

Virtues: 
Caring, Encouragement, Heroic

Captain Guy Gruters, Retired USAF and POW, DSM Conference Talk 3.31.16

Virtues: 
Heroic, Persistence, Perseverance, Leadership, Forgiving, Humility

Dr Santiago Perez de Camino, DSM Conference Talk, March 30, 2016

Virtues: 
Decisive, Faithful, Heroic

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, DSM Conference Talk 4.1.16

Virtues: 
Conviction, Courage, Heroic

SOTC Workout Testimonials & God Will Forgive You

Like Tweet Pin +1 in Just a reminder that time is running out on the early bird registration fee for our upcoming SportsLeader Director of Sports Ministry Conference. Click here to register before March 15th. Scottsdale Arizona Notre Dame Prep Head Football Coach Mark Nolan interviewed two of his... Read more
Virtues: 
Forgiving, Sacrifice, Magnanimous, Other-Centered, Heroic

Captain Guy Gruters, USAF, Prisoner of War

Like Tweet Pin +1 in Have you registered for this great opportunity to learn more about Sports & Ministry? Click here We have a number of tremendous speakers at our upcoming conference. One of them is a true American hero: Captain Guy Gruters. Captain Gruters' story is nothing short of... Read more
Virtues: 
Heroic, Endurance, Honor, Persistence, Forgiving

Holding on to the Wheel

Virtues: 
Valor, Brave, Committed, Loyalty, Heroic

Fireproof | The Train is Coming

Virtues: 
Decisive, Heroic

Do I LOOK Like...A Miracle-Worker?

Like Tweet Pin +1 in The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one of two things: either love, or a call for love. Marianne Williamson-Activist, Author, Lecturer I hear so many teachers and coaches bemoan their circumstances. There are not enough resources, there is not enough... Read more
Virtues: 
Patience, Heroic, Persistence

The Goodness

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Virtues: 
Bold, Brave, Heroic, Caring, Other-Centered

You Are Our Mission

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Virtues: 
Bold, Brave, Heroic, Sacrifice, Self-less

Step Forward

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Virtues: 
Bold, Brave, Heroic, Sacrifice, Self-less, Magnanimous

Are YOU a Big Fish?

On July 4th, 1776, a small group of radical American patriots decided to get serious about what they believed was right. Throwing caution to the wind, they decided to declare independence from Britain, risking their very lives for what was right. Today, we celebrate those amazing radical American... Read more
Virtues: 
Legacy, Heroic, Self-less, Service, Sacrifice

Unsung Hero: Pay it Forward

Virtue: Self-Less The strength to always serve others before yourself.Read more
Virtues: 
Caring, Charity, Compassion, Generous, Heroic, Noble, Maturity, Self-less

Saving Private Man: Earn This

Virtues: 
Accountable, Assiduous, Brave, Courage, Dedication, Generous, Heroic, Other-Centered, Grateful, Sacrifice

Saving Private Ryan: Final Cemetery Scene

Virtues: 
Accountable, Dependable, Effort, Heroic, Legacy, Resilient, Faithful

Batkid

Make-A-Wish foundation grants 5-year-old Miles wish to become Batman. Turning San Francisco into Gotham City, Miles shows the community just how strong of a fighter he is. After being diagnosed at 20 months-old with Leukemia, Miles has beat cancer and is now in remission. To see more photos and... Read more
Virtues: 
Caring, Charity, Compassion, Heroic, Hope, Brave

Miracle Speech - You were born for this

Virtues: 
Assertive, Bold, Committed, Dedication, Heroic, Sacrifice

Happy Valentine's Day-MOM!

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." ~Abraham Lincoln We, at SportsLeader, have celebrated several "Letter's to Mom" ceremonies in the past few weeks. Thinking, yet another great opportunity to thank our... Read more
Virtues: 
Grateful, Heroic, Generous, Patience

YOU are Called to Stand in the GAP

Coach (to wife via text): “They are trying to find someone to take this kid in.” Pause for a few minutes. Coaches wife (to husband via text): "Why don't we do it?" Around the world, there are an estimated 153 million orphans * who have lost one parent. There are 17,900,000... Read more
Virtues: 
Generous, Heroic, Hope

Antoinette Tuff - Talking Down a Gunman at a School with Virtue

This week the USA has seen two events that have shocked many people to their core: Three teenage boys in Oklahoma shoot and kill a college student because they were bored. An elementary school bookkeeper saves the lives of hundreds with her virtue. What I found personally inspiring about Antoinette... Read more
Virtues: 
Brave, Dependable, Heroic, Self-less

One of ESPN's Best Ever

The story, 'Carry On': Why I stayed, is one of the more important stories ESPN has ever done in my opinion. It shows how sports can become a life-changing event in so many different and unexpected ways for all those involved, even producers. In many ways, coaches all over the country, play... Read more
Virtues: 
Heroic, Generous, Sacrifice

Antoinette Tuff - Talking Down a Gunman at a School with Virtue

Virtues: 
Bold, Brave, Heroic, Self-less, Sacrifice

The Story of Ian & Larissa

Virtues: 
Committed, Dedication, Effort, Heroic, Generous

Why We Celebrate Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday which occurs every year on the final Monday of May. It is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the... Read more
Virtues: 
Brave, Heroic, Service, Sacrifice

Coach's Idea to Help Special Needs Children Goes National

Coach Aaron Segedi spoke at our Coaches Clinic a few weeks back. If you would like the pdf of his power point presentation about Victory Day just send me an email and we will get it to you. ... Local Coach's Idea to Help Special Needs Children Goes National By Nate Stemen, Trenton Patch Two... Read more
Virtues: 
Compassion, Heroic, Service

Five Indicators of a Mature Man

I believe this is worth forwarding on to all of our athletes, both boys and girls. Boys - this is what we are training them to become. Girls - this is what you should be looking for in a man. Five Indicators of a Mature Man By Michael Sliney, LC 1. His top priorities are first God, then his wife,... Read more
Virtues: 
Maturity, Wisdom, Integrity, Service, Enthusiastic, Determination, Heroic, Humility

Learning from Captain America

Of course this is a comic movie ... fantasy ... there are still things we can glean from it. In the movie Captain America, Steve Rogers, is a short, small, weak human being. There is a scientist who has created a serum that gives strength, speed, height, power ... enhances the physical qualities to... Read more
Virtues: 
Noble, Heroic, Magnanimous

Coach Chris Willertz - Father-Son Ceremony Intro

Coach Chris Willertz, head wrestling coach at Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati, gives the introduction to his father-son jersey night.Read more
Virtues: 
Grateful, Heroic, Patience