Adoree Jackson Talks About Faith and True Heroism
The trials of life really show your true colors.
By Faith on the Field Staff, October 28, 2022
Adoree Jackson plays for the New York Giants and is using what God has given him on and off the field to make a difference in people’s lives. This month the NFL is focusing on cancer awareness, an issue that has touched almost every person’s life in some way.
Rob Maaddi’s parents both have had cancer impact them personally, but he was able to discuss the challenges and heroes of cancer with Adoree. He believes the real heroes in life exhibit an important characteristic.
“People that are always selfless, to me, that’s the true definition of a hero. They put others before themselves. If your mom (Rob’s) is anything like mine, just knowing that she'll do her own for everybody else and then just worry about herself on the back end. So yeah, those are really the true heroes.”
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Adoree’s faith in God has been the game-changer of his life. In all the twists and turns of his life, his faith in God has stayed intact.
“I just feel like, man, just the things that he's put me through and brought me through, never letting my faith waver, never letting me stray away. It's just that saying in the Bible you know, as my parents did, raise a child up as he should, and as he gets older he’ll never stray away.”
With a rigorous NFL schedule a reality in his life, Adoree does not have the opportunities to be church during the season. But he remembers the foundation of faith that was laid by his parents and others.
“Obviously, you know, we play on Sundays. You don't get to go to as much church as back in the day when you were kids, but to understand the teachings that they told me that the Bible taught me, or school has taught me or church.”
