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Legendary Coach Joe Gibbs on Setting Priorities Straight

With all the success sports hall of famer Joe Gibbs has received, he says the one thing he wants people to know is placing the proper value on the important things in life. Read Transcript


(inspiring music)

- [Narrator] Joe Gibbs ison a distinguished journey.

The lone inductee in both the Pro Football

and NASCAR Halls of Fame.

The man of multiple championships

and significant achievementcontemplates his life,

as he continues to live it.

- [Joe] You invest into people

- Over the course of your career

and your life,

How does it look different to you

at the age that you are now?

- As I look back on it,

hopefully a little more awarethat I'm really trying to walk

with the Lord and I want to finish strong,

do a better job of keepingthe right priorities in life.

God first, loving others

(Joe chuckles)

second, and then your occupation third.

So I've struggled withthat earlier in life,

and hopefully I'm doinga better job of it now.

- [Interviewer] What helped you realize

that it had to be reprioritized?

- You're competitive. Youwant to win, you drive,

you go hard.

It was a struggle to keepthe right priorities in life,

and I sat down with mytwo boys and I said, look,

I got to apologize. The time I was gone,

I could have handled that differently,

and I hope you can learn from me.

Don't do that.

You know, and I'm tryingto invest in my grandkids.

(inspiring music)

- [Interviewer] Both the NFL and NASCAR

has afforded you a crossgenerational audience.

They connect with you.

- God, down through historyhas chosen very average people.

I'm an average, Joe. I know that.

And he's chose those averagepeople and blessed them

with some great experiences,and a great life,

and certainly that'sbeen the case with me.

The Lord has blessed me,

and I want to share that with others.

- [Interviewer] Your reputation

is that you circle yourselfaround the very best.

Is it a lost art in notbeing threatened around those

that are better than you?

- No, I think leaders andpeople that are team builders,

they realize it'sfinding the right people,

asking them to sacrificetheir individual goals

for the goals of the team.

And that's hard, because thatgoes against human nature.

But I think when you dofind that group of people,

that's the way to be successful

in the two things I've been in.

- [Interviewer] Leader, teacher,innovator and competitor,

which of those four doyou most identify with?

- I've always loved beingaround teams and people

that's been my life.

I don't think you can put itin one category, but for me,

I do realize the mostimportant thing in my life

and most important thing I'mgoing to leave on this earth,

won't be the footballgames, it won't be the races

it's gonna be the impactI've had on others.

- [Narrator] And theimpact another left on him.

After losing his son,D.J. to a long battle

with a degenerative neurological disease.

- You on the sideline cap,glasses, jacket, headset,

you look fatherly.

When you think of God as yourhead coach on your sideline,

what does he look like?

- For me, I think weprobably all have a vision

of what we think Christ looks like.

And I can't wait.

My son J.D. went to be with the Lord

three years ago.- J.D., we love you

- I can only imagine

what J.D.'s experiencing right now.

And someday the great thing is,

I'm going to get to be with him.

Something that I findmyself thinking about a lot.

- [Interviewer] Whatattribute of Jesus's example

has contributed most to how you live?

- Thing I think about Jesusis the way he loved others.

He was a servant style leader.

I think that's what characterized him,

and he set the ultimate example,

and I think that's thereason why so many people

have invited him in that their lives

and asked them to betheir Lord and Savior.

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