Joe Burnett, a former NFL player and current high school football coach, credits Pastor Rico Sharp's Bible-centered mentorship with shaping his leadership style. Sharp's daily practice of raising the Bible and declaring "this is my Bible" became Burnett's personal mantra, reinforcing how Scripture guides every decision he makes with his players and community.
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Hey, good people, how are you? My name is Joe Burnett, Eustis High School football head coach, retired NFL and CFL football player. I just want to get on here and share some of the message, some of the leadership, some of the guidance that my pastor Rico Sharp have put on my life that I carry each and every day throughout my journey in life. One thing Pastor Rico always start his pastoring with, he grabs the Bible, he raises it in the air, and he said, repeat after me. He said, this is my Bible. I can have what it says I can have. I can do what it says I could do. I could be what it says I could be, and I can live the way it says I can live. That message right there stick with me, and I carry it each and every day because the understanding part of it, if we refer to our Bible, he's exactly right. Everything in this Bible is what we should walk with, talk with, live by, do by. And that message for me is just something that I have grown into to refer And use as a reference to my lifestyle. And I thank you, Pastor Rico Sharp, for sharing your wisdom in my life, what I'm passing down to my generation and friends and mentorship as I continue my journey throughout the high school football coaching and each and every one that I touch along the way. So I appreciate you, brother. Salute to you. Thank you.