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Jim Kelly He went mainly to church because his parents made him – but those Sunday visits turned out to be a precursor to how he lives today and how he lives.
Hall of Fame Quarterback A devout Christian, but it took him a long time for him to reach that point.
In fact, even if he began to rely on his faith, God has “tested” him, he said on a recent podcast.
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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly will pose on the red carpet before the NFL Honorary Awards show at Symphony Hall. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
Of course, Kelly lost four Super Bowls in his career, but that pales in comparison to his four cancer battles and the loss of his son Hunter at the age of eight in 2005.
“I reached the point, it drives me crazy, I told my wife, “If being a Christian is like you, I don’t want to be alone.” I was mad at God. “Grit and bounty.”
His son was sick with the fatal globoid cell white blood cell nutrition, but Kelly worked as a football analyst and “a lot from home.”
“To be honest with you, it was a tough part of my life not only for me, but for me and my wife. It was a struggle. We weren’t getting along well… and my wife lost interest in each other,” Kelly said, admitting he was dishonest.
Jim Kelly is on the field before a game between the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans at Highmark Stadium. (Mark Konezny-Usa Today Sports)
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“Unfortunately, it reached where my stepmother confronted me and said, ‘If you don’t change your life, you’ll lose everything.’ And she was right. So I changed my life… I fully acknowledged everything. ”
Kelly said that God “threw all the curveballs at me” for good reason.
“Why did he introduce me all of it and to test my faith, and if I’m going to give up on him. And he’s why I’m still here, but I thank God every day for my wife, my daughters, and the life I live now.”
Kelly actually said he “don’t want to hear” about religion, adding that it was “forced by me” by his fellow NFL players. So he gave advice to people who might want to help others find their faith.
On August 10, 2022, Jim Kelly leaves the field to the crowd during the Buffalo Bills training camp held at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. (Shawn Dowd/USA Today Network)
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“If you want to change someone’s life, don’t throw it at them. They’ll come in their time. If you keep throwing it and force it, you’re going to scare them. That’s what happened to me early.
Kelly has been cancer-free since 2019.
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