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Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.

I'm a Christian who happens to be an athlete, not the other way around.

Just as an athlete with natural gifts may fail to develop the fundamental skills necessary to play their sport after their talent fades, so people naturally disposed to faith may fail to develop the skills necessary to sustain them for a lifetime.

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.

The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.

For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.

It's been a constant struggle with my athletic career to identify myself as a child of God and understand that His love is unconditional for us; it's not conditional like fans, or coaches, or even myself.

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.