Nelson was performing a quadruple coronary artery bypass, the patient’s blood pressure dropped suddenly. Nelson is a wonderful example of spiritual poise. Brown taught, “Faith in God and in the ultimate triumph of right contributes to mental and spiritual poise in the face of difficulties.” 1 Spiritual poise blesses us to stay calm and focused on what matters most, especially when we are under pressure. Poise has a much broader application to life and can bless parents, leaders, missionaries, teachers, students, and everyone else facing the storms of life. But this wonderful quality goes way beyond sports. It is often referenced in sports-a player with poise is unflappable in a close game, or a team unravels due to a lack of poise. I could see how Coach Wooden’s teams played with poise and the great success that they experienced winning 10 national championships.īut poise is not spoken about much these days and practiced even less in turbulent and divisive times. That counsel to be calm, cool, and collected in all situations, particularly in times of adversity and pressure, resonated with me.
Over the years, that conversation stuck with me. With that faith be sure to have poise in every situation.
Always the teacher, he said, “Your father told me that you have joined the Church of Jesus Christ, so I know that you have faith in the Lord. Once I asked him what advice he had for me as I entered my senior year of high school. He was always happy to talk to me about basketball or anything else on my mind. Wooden would come to our home for dinner. They remained close throughout my father’s life, and occasionally Coach and Mrs. My wonderful father was an All-America basketball player for UCLA under legendary Coach John Wooden.
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