He Loveth His Children
About a year ago, BYU football coach Kalani Sitake spoke at a BYU devotional and shared a personal story about his attempt to be in the NFL. He related, “My beautiful and visionary wife, Timberly, has a favorite quote from President Ezra Taft Benson that has become a theme for our life together: ‘Men and women who turn their lives over to God will [discover] that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can.’ I learned this firsthand after I graduated from BYU and focused on a possible professional career. I trained really hard and performed well at the NFL workouts and pro day. I signed a contract as a free agent fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals. It was everything I had wanted since I was a boy. I was in the NFL, ready to live the dream in Cincinnati. The setup was actually better than anything I could have imagined.” He continued, “On report day, I met with the head coach, who informed me that I would need to provide depth and competition as both fullback and a long sn...