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March 3, 2023 54 mins
At the 2017 Collegiate Rugby National Championship, Robert was expecting to win a national title. Early in the game, he was put in a neck lock by an opposing player. What should've been called as a foul instead left him paralyzed from a broken neck. When the doctors told him he would never walk again, he thought to himself, "you obviously don't know me."
  • 5:20 The morning of May 6.
  • 10:22 “It’s like I was in a completely different life.”  
  • 16:17 Only one play that broke his neck.
  • 17:43 Always choosing forgiveness.
  • 23:06 Power in a powerless situation.
  • 30:12 The message that’s seared into his soul.
  • 35:28 On day 2,120.
  • 40:13 Grappling with “God did this to me.”
  • 43:11 “Compared to what?” 
  • 46:54 Maintaining patient and active trust.
  • 50:18  Don’t keep doing life the same.

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